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1 John 5:2-3
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
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John 14:15
"If you love Me, keep My commandments.
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1 John 2:3-5
Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
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Matthew 22:36-40
"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
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John 14:21-24
He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him." Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?" 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. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.
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1 John 3:18
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
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Deuteronomy 6:5-9
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 'And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
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Resources
Love
Bible Study by Martin G. CollinsIn the journey of overcoming as Christians, producing the fruit of the Spirit, particularly love, is paramount. Love, the first and most important fruit, serves as both a vine and a channel through which all other fruits are borne. True love is expressed through obedience to God's law, as it is written that love is keeping His …
Love God, Love Neighbor
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe vital connection between love for God and love for neighbor is inseparable and foundational to understanding true love. Loving God and loving neighbor are not separate entities but are deeply interconnected, forming the basis of God's way of life. If we love God, we will love our neighbor and keep the commandments. …
The Ten Commandments
Bible Study by Martin G. CollinsThe spiritual law of God, like the invisible law of gravity, is always in effect, working at all times. When we keep it, God blesses us; if we do not, we bring its penalty upon us. The Ten Commandments have been in full force since creation, binding on all humanity as the very code of conduct of our God. Jesus Christ Himself …
The Awesome Cost of Love
'Personal' from John W. RitenbaughLove as keeping commandments emerges as the practical expression of the divine gift that motivates costly obedience. Jesus states directly that if anyone loves Him that person will keep His commandments, and the one who has His commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Him. This definition receives confirmation in the …
No Real Love Without God
Sermon by John O. ReidLove of God is expressed through obedience to His commandments, which define the way of life that reflects His nature and produces harmony with others. This principle is stated directly: the love of God consists in keeping His commandments, which are not burdensome for those who possess active belief in Jesus Christ. Such belief …
Loving Christ and Revelation 2:1-7
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughLove manifests itself through the keeping of commandments as an active expression of devotion to Christ. When individuals keep the commandments, they demonstrate their love for Him, fulfilling the principle that love for Christ requires obedience to His instructions. This obedience encompasses not only the letter but the intent …
Love's Emotional Dimension
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughLove as keeping commandments defines the practical expression of God's love. The commandments supply the precise channel and form that loving acts must follow, directing effort first toward God in the initial four and then toward fellow man in the remaining six. A thought or feeling becomes genuine love only when it moves a …
Love's Importance and Source
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughGod is the source of real love; mankind by nature does not have it. It is only by knowing God that we can have this love. Godly love is a cycle that God initiates.
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