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NASB | Deuteronomy 11:1 "You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 11:1 "Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His precepts, and His commandments [it is your obligation to Him]. |
Subject: Having a Relationship with God |
Bible Note: Deut. 11:1 "You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. *************************** We relate to God by being obedient to his commands. Jesus frees us by his death for our sins, and enables us to relate to God (i.e. obey his commands, without the laws condemnation) by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit . Jesus, by his death for our sins, frees us to relate to God (i.e. obey his commands). Prior to being freed, any attempt to relate to God resulted in the law's condemnation because of our failure to keep the law. Now, having been freed from the law's condemnation, we can fruitfully relate to God by being empowered by the Holy Spirit whom Jesus gives to His people. The empowerment of the Holy Spirit includes the transformation of our minds to know and believe and do the things of God revealed in the Scriptures. *************************** John 14:15 "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 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." John 15:10 "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. Matt 22:37 And He said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' Matt 22:38 "This is the great and foremost commandment. Rom 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Lionstrong Thoughts, comments, criticisms, corrections, debate welcomed. |