Remaining In Jesus' Love (56)

Jesus continued teaching at the meal,
“If you love me, you will keep my commands;”
First of these is to believe He is real;
That He died for your sins, in heav’n’s door stands!
He wants you to turn from sin and repent,
To make an hundred eighty degree turn;
From worldly pursuits in this life relent;
Lay up treasures above, man’s gold spurn!
No matter the cost, love one another,
Like He loves us, who believe in His name;
Return love for hatred from your brother,
As He loved the world, who hated He came!
Whoever hears His commands and obeys,
Jesus loves him, and does so all his days!

Scripture Quoted: John 14:15, 21-22 (NIV)
“ ‘If you love me, you will obey what I command.’ “
“ ‘Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.’ “

Commentary on: John 14:15, 21-22 (NIV)
Finally, here is the short and concise answer to the primary question asked in the heading of my blogsite, “How can you remain in the love of Jesus Christ?” It has taken 544 blogs and almost two years to reach. The answer is to follow or obey the commands Jesus made in His 3-year ministry. First, you must learn what His commands of us were, Since they are in the Bible, especially the New Testament, you must read and study the Bible, or be told the commands by your church attendance. Also, since the commands are couched in spiritual language, which, if you have been reading these quoted scriptures, you have found is difficult to comprehend, the first thing you need to do is to give your heart to Jesus in belief that He is really the Son of God. If you truly believe, you will be indwelled by the Holy Spirit, who will help you to understand the meaning of spiritual terminology. That is why attendance in church is important. If you attend sermons, and, even better, Bible study classes, you will begin to learn the commands of Jesus and how to obey them.

Of course, if you are a believer, which you can be by doing what Romans 10:9 says: “That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved”, you will remain in Jesus’ love forever without obeying His other commands. No one can keep all of the divine commands, because no one on earth is perfect and without sin. Everyone of us is “saved” and eligible to enter heaven when we die only through and because of the righteousness of Jesus. So some of us keep more of His commands than others do; that doesn’t mean they who keep more are any better than those who keep fewer. The best of us are sinful, but because of our belief that Jesus is the Messiah or Christ, we are saved. Of course, if a man or woman doesn’t believe in Jesus, he or she is not saved, but condemned to an everlasting torment in hell.

You know what, though? The more you learn about Jesus, the more you will love Him; you will wonder why you neglected Him so long.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him will not die, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

"That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord", and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)