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NASB | John 14:21 "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 14:21 "The person who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him [I will make Myself real to him]." |
Subject: What did Jesus mean, "obey My commands?" |
Bible Note: Doc, Maybe John 8:31 will shed a little light on John 14:21 here.(Jn 8:31 If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.(NIV) ) I think Searcher was on the right track with his post. Jesus fulfilled it we just gotta do our best to live it which we dont always do. Thats where verses like 1 Jn 1:9 become vitally important on a daily basis along with good healthy doses of repentance every day. If one is not doing this or has never done this then we need to go back and take a good a good look at things again. There is no way we can keep every jot and tittle,But I gotta believe that if the commitment I made to Jesus Christ when I asked Him to be my Lord and Savior was real then I gotta believe also that Jesus also knew that I would not always be up to the task. When Jesus said what he said he had just majorly called the pharisees on the carpet over thier hypocrasy and lip service. Jesus says in Matthew that we are the salt of the earth. Are we still salty or have we lost our saltyness? (I'm not saying are we still saved.) If are not salty we can confees our sin and repent. God has made provision for us to do that and he was trying to get others to do that also except they were not willing to go beyond legalism and lip service and thats the difference. When we look into our hearts and see whats truly there or in the case whats not there then one can begin to answer the question of what Jesus meant when he said obey My commands. I hope this makes this particular subject a little easier to understand. In Christ, lionheart |