Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father ‘s who sent me. “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. (John 14:23-26, ESV)
If you love me you will keep my word…
And if you keep my word the Father will love you…
Sounds like I need to do the right things in order for Jesus and the Father to come and dwell with me. Like if I do not do the right thing then they will not be with me.
And yes that is exactly what it says. But who determines what is the word of Jesus, and how we keep it?
It is not I. And it is not you.
It is Jesus.
He is the judge and will judge each of us by what we have done, and what we have left undone. He will judge us all for what we have said and for what we have left unsaid.
It is between us and Jesus. So live the life He has called you to, knowing that that is what He asked you to do.
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