God speaks today Thursday | December 7, 2023
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
(Psalm 119:4)If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
(John 15:10) A secure stay in the love of Jesus
Staying in obedience and staying in the love of Jesus cannot be separated. A life under the rule of Christ is the only way to show we are His delight. We must keep His commandments to receive His love. Sin separates us from His love, and holiness pleases Him. Conscious enjoyment of His love is sensitive to sin and holiness. We must be obedient and consecrated to walk in the light and abide in His love. This promise is sweet and solemn.
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For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
(2 Peter 2:21)Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
(John 4:34)For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
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