Where is the verse if you love me keep my commandments?
John 14:16–17.
What did Jesus mean when he said keep my commandments?
When Jesus told his disciples after his Last Supper with them, “If you love me, keep my commandments”, he was calling for them to demonstrate their loyalty to him as their teacher by doing what he told them to do, which includes his commandment, “Love one another”.
What are Jesus’s commandments?
Thou knowest the commandments: Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother. We expect Jesus to recite the entire Decalogue.
What is the relation between keeping the commandments and loving?
Jesus Christ lived for us and died for us because of His love for us. In fact, the two great commandments are to love God and love everyone else (see Matthew 22:36–40). But how can we show others that we love them?
What does it mean to keep the commandments of God?
It is this: keep the commandments. God’s commandments are not given to frustrate us or to become obstacles to our happiness. Just the opposite is true. He who created us and who loves us perfectly knows just how we need to live our lives in order to obtain the greatest happiness possible.
Are We to keep the commandments of God or what?
And if we love God, we do keep His Commandments! And we are happy about it, because keeping His Commandments means to live in righteousness and respect towards ourselves, others and God. Sin is not Love, sin creates a breach in relationships and separates us from ourselves, others and God, because sin always hurts someone, as plainly stated in:
Do we have to obey the Ten Commandments?
These Ten Commandments are given to obey and work according to that. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Honor thy father and thy mother.
Do you follow the Ten Commandments?
In answer Jesus listed a number of the Ten Commandments as well as a summary statement: • “ You shall not murder .” • “You shall not commit adultery.” • “You shall not steal.” • “You shall not bear false witness.” • “Honor your father…
Can We keep the commandments?
We cannot keep the 10 Commandments and this is why the love and grace of God is so important. Grace is when God gives us what we don’t deserve. Therefore even though we are lawbreakers who have broken the commandments and laws of God, there is the love and grace of God because of the price that Jesus paid on the cross.