{"id":3642,"date":"2020-02-26T14:11:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:15:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:15:38","slug":"keep-my-commandments-by-bill-brinkworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/26\/keep-my-commandments-by-bill-brinkworth\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep My Commandments by Bill Brinkworth John 14:15 (KJB)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Keep My Commandments<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bill Brinkworth <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/strong>If ye love me, keep my commandments.\u201d John 14:15 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In John Chapter 14, Jesus has made it very clear that those who have believed in God must also believe and obey Jesus\u2019 commands. At least three times in that chapter alone God\u2019s Son urged his followers, that if they really loved Him, they would obey what he commanded. Elsewhere in the Bible, it is commanded at least twenty times to honor and obey what He asks us to do. Obeying God\u2019s commands is one of the most important teachings found in His Word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obeying God\u2019s directives is the main purpose God has preserved His written Word for us. The Word does tell us about Moses, the law, Jesus, and quite a bit more, but its main purpose is to provide us a way to know the mind of God. Someone once described the main teaching of the Bible in one word \u2014 government! They used \u2018government\u2019, because it all boils down to who is going to govern our lives; the flesh, the things of this world, or God!
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It is important to God that you heed his commands; so your life will be successful. God knows that not obeying his commands usually leads one to sin; and that all suffer when paying the consequences for their iniquities. Obeying Him will keep us from being hampered by our transgressions. When we are clean from unrighteousness, He can use us the way He desires. God is not just trying to \u201ckeep us from having fun\u201d, as more than one young person has told me. Father knows best, and He wants the best for His own. He knows that often the world\u2019s \u201cfun\u201d can lead to suffering in our lives.
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People can have much biblical knowledge in their head, but if it just stays there and never alters their life or directs them to follow God\u2019s path, they are on the wrong road. His desire is for us to read, heed, and follow. Too many nod their head in acknowledgment of what the preacher says from the pulpit, but they never make the application from their intellect to their spiritual heart. They leave the church service the same way they came with no changes.
\n \u201cBut be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.\u201d James 1:22 <\/em>
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That is one of the exciting blessings with working with children. They usually do not have the excuses and laziness of those that are older. When someone shows them what the Bible says, without hesitation, worrying about what others will think, or what they learned in school that contradicts what the Bible says, they come forward and obey. We all need to have the same attitude toward obedience.
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Most, without hesitation, agree they should obey what God desires them to do as recorded within the Bible\u2018s pages. Then what keeps them from obeying it? Usually their reasons for disobedience include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n