Tag Archive | commandment

Full Disclosure

Apr23

Jesus answered and said to 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 abode with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
John 14:23-24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.23-24.NASB1995

Is God abiding in you? Are you keeping, following, practicing His word?
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 14:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.15.NASB1995

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
2 John 1:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2jn.1.6.NASB1995

🌹He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
John 14:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.21.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Obedience is Greater

Mar25

One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He (Jesus) had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?”
Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

The scribe said to Him, “Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that He is One, and there is no one else besides Him; and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Mark 12:28-33 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mrk.12.28-34.NASB1995

Obedience to God’s commandments is greater than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.

🌹. . . “Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1sa.15.22.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Priority Commandments

Mar24

And He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment.

The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:37-39 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.22.37-39.NASB1995

Is the second commandment possible without the first? What is your thought? Is there Scripture to support your thought?

🌹There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:31b NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mrk.12.31.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Trustworthy Word

Feb24

The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms 19:7-8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.19.7-8.NASB1995

The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are sure (trustworthy).
Psalms 111:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.111.7.NASB1995

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
Psalms 23:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.23.3.NASB1995

🌹The sum of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting.
Psalms 119:160 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.160.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God’s Word Restores

Feb13

The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.
Psalms 119:130 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.130.NASB1995

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
Proverbs 6:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.6.23.NASB1995

Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
Psalms 119:105 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.105.NASB1995

God’s word gives light to those who read and follow it.
God’s word gives understanding to the simple.
God’s word disciplines so we can walk the way of life God wants for us.
God’s word is the light on the path of eternal life.

🌹The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalms 19:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.19.7.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God’s Word is So, So Good

Jan10

The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether.
They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
Psalms‬ ‭19:7‭-‬10 ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.19.10.NASB1995

The Word of the Lord,
Restores the soul
Makes wise the simple
Rejoices the heart
Enlightens the eyes
and . . .

🌹Moreover, by them Your servant is warned; In keeping them there is great reward.
Psalms‬ ‭19:11 ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.19.11.NASB1995

Prayer:
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
Psalms 19:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.19.14.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Love the Lord

Feb21

and you shall love the Lord your God — Mark 12:30

The commandment is to love the Lord, our God. How can we possibly love God who is love? (1 John 4:8) We could not even come close to measuring up to His love. We are incapable of loving God on our own. We need the help of the Master. With salvation comes the Spirit of God living in us. The love of God living in us enables us to love Him. We can love Him because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19) And if we love Him we will keep His commandments — to love the Lord, our God.

John 14:15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

Continually seeking Him,

Sharon

1 John 4:8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:19 We love, because He first loved us.

1 John 3:23-24

Sep14

This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. 1 John 3:23‭-‬24 NASB

God, Father, You have commanded me to believe in Your Son, Jesus Christ. It is the true work of Yours, Father, that I believe in Jesus whom You sent. It is You who sent the true bread out of heaven. I am gratefully blessed to be called Your child, God, for I believe in the name of Jesus! You, Lord, have commanded to love one another, even as You have loved. By the power of the Holy Spirit abiding in me others will know I am Your disciple by the love I have for others. Holy Spirit teach me as I read the Word. Hide it in my heart so the love of God will truly be perfected in me. I pray I walk in the same manner as Jesus walked with full assurance that I am abiding in Him. Thank You, God, for Your Holy Spirit. John 6:29/John 6:32/John 1:12/John 13:34-35/1 John 2:5-6 NASB

🌹that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. John 14:17 NASB

Continually Seeking Him, 

Sharon 

1 John 3:21-22

Sep13

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before (toward) God; and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
1 John 3:21‭-‬22 NASB

Confidence: full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of . . . GOD

Lord God, powerful, faithful, Sovereign are You. I pray for the confidence I find by placing my full trust in You. You are my hope; O Lord God, You are my confidence from my youth.
I place my confidence in You alone God and will not forget Your works, but will keep Your commandments. I will abide in You, so that when You appear I will stand in confidence and not shrink away from You in shame at Your coming. May I be pleasing in Your sight by the keeping of Your commandments so I may receive in prayer all that I ask because I ask for Your will to be done through me. This I ask in Jesus name, amen.
Psalms 71:5/Psalms 78:7/1 John 2:28 NASB

🌹Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 NASB

Continually Seeking Him, 

Sharon 

1 John 2:7-8

Aug17

Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.
1 John 2:7‭-‬8 NASB

God, Your commandment of old to love one another has been a difficult task as evidenced in Your word. Division, war, deceit have separated Your people from one another and from You. The commandment to love one another diminished to the point of needing renewal mant times.
Now a new commandment has been given to love one another. A love demonstrated my Your Son, Jesus Christ. He was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. We all, Lord God, were formerly darkness, but now we, Your children, are Light in Jesus; because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining!! God, I pray we walk as children of Light so the world will know we are Your disciples because of our love for one another. As we love one another by the love of Christ in us Jesus grows brighter and brighter and the darkness passes away. Help me to love as You love, Jesus, so Your Light shines to a dark and needy world. May Your love abound in me I pray, amen.
John 13:34‭/John 1:9/Ephesians 5:8/John 13:35 NASB

🌹“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you”.
John 15:12 NASB

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon