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Jun 2, 2012 · Verse 15–16: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever.”. Verse 21: “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father.”. This is not a love God has for the world.
- My prayer is that when this message is over, you will be able to sing that song with more conviction and more joy and a sweeter experience of fello...
- These words in John 14:15–24 were spoken just hours before the greatest event in world history — the greatest act of love in history — namely, the...
- Let’s make two introductory observations about what Jesus says here. First, he makes explicit that the gifts he is promising to us here are not giv...
- The second is that those who do receive these gifts — these promises, this love — are not simply called Christians or believers, they are described...
- Jesus tells us four times that this love is of such a nature that it results in the keeping of Jesus’s commandments, or, more generally, his word....
- Two confirmations that we are on the right track. The word love in John’s Gospel is used like this. For example, John 3:19 says, “People loved the...
- When you read through the whole Gospel of John just looking for specific moral-behavior commandments, what do you find? You find about two explicit...
- Now the last question is what does Jesus promise such people, a few hours before he goes to die for them? The sum of the promise is: The Father, th...
- Therefore, love him. Keep his sweet commandments to receive him and abide in him. Overflow with his fullness for others in love. And he will come t...
Mar 27, 2021 · Here are more songs that have helped me enter into Holy Week’s past and God’s love for me. You can listen to all the songs mentioned in this blog post on my Holy Week Spotify list. “O Come to the Altar” by Elevation Worship. “Oceans” by Hillsong United. “King of My Heart” by Steffany Gretzinger. “Good Good Father” by Chris ...
Aug 24, 2023 · As part of the instruction, Jesus says, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (John 14:15, ESV). The unmistakable meaning of the passage is that obedience to Christ’s commandments is both a sign and a test of our love for Him. The connection between love for Christ and obedience to Him is a recurring theme in the apostle John ...
So don’t love the world, because that would put you in the class with the God-haters whether you think you are or not. “If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.”. That’s the first reason John gives not to love the world. “If you love the world, it will pass away and take you with it.”.
- The first incentive John gives is that “if anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him” (verse 15b). In other words, the reason you s...
- First, in verse 17a he says, “And the world passes away, and the lust of it.” Nobody buys stock in a company that is sure to go bankrupt. Nobody se...
- Second, in verse 17b John says, “But he who does the will of God abides forever.” The opposite of loving the world is not only loving the Father (v...
- Let’s meditate for a few moments on these final two incentives and especially how they relate to saving faith.We have been well taught that we are...
- Perhaps even as I preach, some of you are saying, “I don’t feel very much love for God right now.” There are two possible reasons for that.
- According to 1 John 2:15, if your love for God is cool this morning, it’s because love for the world has begun to take over your heart and choke yo...
- But now what is this “world” that we are not to love? Verse 16 says it is characterized by three things: “lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and...
- But someone will ask, “Should I not desire dinner? Should I not desire a job? Should I not desire a spouse? Should I not desire the child in my wom...
John 14:23. ESV Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. NIV Jesus replied, "Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. NASB Jesus answered and said to him, 'If ...
John 14:23-26 Keep My Words. John 14:27-31 (A) Peace I Leave With You. JOHN 14:23-24 23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but of ...
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Feb 5, 2024 · Couldn’t find no good there in it till You showed me how,” Offor sings on the piano-led track before launching into the hook-filled chorus: “ Keep me right there in the middle of Your love, Your love. Keep me right there in the middle of Your love. The stars’ll fall from the sky one day. When I’m lost, I’ll call Your name to keep me ...
