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>"We" will come and Live with Him…

May 12, 2010 by Fritz

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“If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings…” – Jesus (John 14:23-24a KJV)

Oh! How wonderful if would have been to have walked, heard, and lived with Jesus those three years in Galilee! Better it is, however, for Jesus to walk, speak, and live with me now!

In 1993, standing in Red Square late one night, a native Russian told my friend and I his problems. When we offered to pray he gasped, “You mean you can talk to God?!” I then realized how amazing that must seem, if it is really believed.

It is not arrogance, but a promise and a great privilege to have Jesus live with you. He promised to do that with everyone who loved him; promised both he and his Father (GOD) would not just visit but make a home there.

Awsome!

Fritz

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>How to encourage a Father’s love…

May 11, 2010 by Fritz

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“If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings…” – Jesus (John 14:23-24a KJV)

My heart is particularly touched when someone loves my child.

I know, firsthand, that observing genuine love for my child from someone I hardly know instantly changes my feelings. I may not have liked that person before, but I do now! The opposite is also true; no one who mistreats my children is ever friends with me!

I think this is a small taste of what Jesus meant. He said if a person will love him his Father (GOD) will return that love.

Fritz

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>Litmus test for Loving Jesus…

May 10, 2010 by Fritz

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“If a man love me, he will keep my words… He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings…” – Jesus (John 14:23a & 24a KJV)

According to Jesus, a simple test of love is whether or not his words are kept.

Regardless of education, intelligence, morality, outlook, political correctness, or ecclesiastical position, if a person keeps (learns, believes, appreciates and obeys) Jesus’ words that person loves Jesus.

The opposite is also true; if Christ’s words are not kept the Love of Christ is NOT there no matter how good the arguments.

Jesus doesn’t mean just the red letters of the Bible, a few short verses later he told his disciples,

“if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.” – John 15:20c (KJV)

Rev. Crepon, a pastor friend long ago when I was a young college student, told me, “Hold fast the the Bible, it will get you out of any jam it gets you into!”

Fritz

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