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In John 14:15, Lord Jesus says, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” His commandments include loving one another. Seems to imply that our love of Jesus is to be shown through our works, inasmuch as it seems that loving eachother is a condition placed by Jesus for loving him. Or perhaps we strive toward loving him in showing it through things like our love for eachother.
We are hesitant to describe our love of him as a matter of works. The assertion made is that the works we perform are a matter of love of him. But James 2:14 legitimizes works in the face of our love and faith in him when it says “What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?”
The Bible infers that our love of God comes out of our faith in Him. We are not born loving Him, any more than we a reborn in love with someone we want to marry. Both come with age and out of our experience. But as James 2:14 infers, we must have works to show for our love of God through our faith in Him. On the other hand, not all works will bring us to God. We cannot, for example, merely, figuratively in most cases, say “Lord and Lord” without doing any works, and expect God to see that we love Him. To merely say “Lord, Lord” gives us the status of a Dutch uncle, so to speak, not partaking or showing any commitment to promoting His Goodness, but instead just dropping by on occasion, saying “Hello” and then leaving, leaving no more of ourselves behind than before we showed up. Our faith as a Dutch uncle in Him extends no more than our faith that He is here whenever we show up in our travels.
John 14:15 is what Jesus told his first disciples before leaving them. Among his commandments to them was to love eachother. But all of us are his disciples to the extent we have faith in God through him. We impress upon others through our works, to the extent God has blessed us with the ability to perform the works that are done out of our love of Him through our faith. If there is any boasting in our works, it is from works that we convey to others so they may see the blessings that may be given to them if they have faith like we do. Any boasting is done for the purpose of promoting God’s Goodness rather than in calling attention to ourselves for ourselves.
And when others have faith in God though Jesus like we do, then they become disciples also, and they become heirs to the Promise God made to Abraham as we are heirs. In leaving his disciples, Lord Jesus took leave of the earth to look upon us all. And when the time comes for the earth as we know it to end, we can look upon Lord Jesus in Heaven, those who are left as being judged righteous. And the love we have for God will continue when we are in His House to dwell in.
We are hesitant to describe our love of him as a matter of works. The assertion made is that the works we perform are a matter of love of him. But James 2:14 legitimizes works in the face of our love and faith in him when it says “What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?”
The Bible infers that our love of God comes out of our faith in Him. We are not born loving Him, any more than we a reborn in love with someone we want to marry. Both come with age and out of our experience. But as James 2:14 infers, we must have works to show for our love of God through our faith in Him. On the other hand, not all works will bring us to God. We cannot, for example, merely, figuratively in most cases, say “Lord and Lord” without doing any works, and expect God to see that we love Him. To merely say “Lord, Lord” gives us the status of a Dutch uncle, so to speak, not partaking or showing any commitment to promoting His Goodness, but instead just dropping by on occasion, saying “Hello” and then leaving, leaving no more of ourselves behind than before we showed up. Our faith as a Dutch uncle in Him extends no more than our faith that He is here whenever we show up in our travels.
John 14:15 is what Jesus told his first disciples before leaving them. Among his commandments to them was to love eachother. But all of us are his disciples to the extent we have faith in God through him. We impress upon others through our works, to the extent God has blessed us with the ability to perform the works that are done out of our love of Him through our faith. If there is any boasting in our works, it is from works that we convey to others so they may see the blessings that may be given to them if they have faith like we do. Any boasting is done for the purpose of promoting God’s Goodness rather than in calling attention to ourselves for ourselves.
And when others have faith in God though Jesus like we do, then they become disciples also, and they become heirs to the Promise God made to Abraham as we are heirs. In leaving his disciples, Lord Jesus took leave of the earth to look upon us all. And when the time comes for the earth as we know it to end, we can look upon Lord Jesus in Heaven, those who are left as being judged righteous. And the love we have for God will continue when we are in His House to dwell in.