IF YOU TRULY LOVE GOD, YOU WILL OBEY HIM:
OBEDIENCE BOILS DOWN TO ONE THING!
[ The Scriptures as I understand their meaning. ]
Leviticus 19:18 - You shall not seek revenge, nor bear any grudge against others, but you shall love your neighbor as you love yourself: I AM the LORD.
Matthew 5:43-48 - You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you, and persecute you; that you may be recognized as the children of your Father Who is in heaven: for He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love only those who love you, what reward do you deserve? Even the hated tax collectors do that! And if you greet your brethren only, how is that different from what the hated tax collectors do? Be like your Father Who is in heaven, Who loves even those who reject Him.
Matthew 7:12 - Therefore all things whatsoever you want others to do to you, do even so to them: for this is the sum of the message of the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 22:37-40 - Jesus said unto him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbor as you love yourself. These two commandments are the basis for all the Law and the Prophets.
Romans 13:8-10 - Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loves others has fulfilled the Law. For these commandments, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying: You shall love your neighbor as you love yourself. Love does not do harm to a neighbor: therefore, love is the fulfilling of the Law.
Galatians 5:13-14 - Brethren, you have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the Law is fulfilled in one sentence, even in this; You shall love your neighbor as you love yourself.
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 - May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we love you: to the end that He may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
1 Timothy 1:5 - Now our obedience to the commandments yields love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of genuine faith..
1 John 3:22-23 - And whatsoever we ask of God, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is the sum of His commandments, that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another.
THIS IS WHAT PAUL WROTE ABOUT LOVE!
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am just making worthless noise. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and I have all faith so that I could even move mountains, and do not have love, I am nothing. And though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my life in service to the Lord, and have not love, it profits me nothing. Love endures all things, and still is kind; love does not envy others; love does not seek praise, and does not make one proud, nor does it misbehave; it does not seek its own way, nor is it easily provoked; it does not assume the worst of others: it does not rejoice when others sin, but rejoices when others are obedient; it bears whatever happens to it, and believes others until they are proven to be lying, it always hopes for the best for others, and it endures all things.
UNLESS WE ARE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT,
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE A LIFE OF LOVE!
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