So many act as if Gods word all boils down to a concept or two. When the whole counsel of God is rejected men fall right into the devils trap.
This should be so simple that any true Christian would be in agreement. The understanding that there is such a thing as Jesus having commands that are to be obeyed.
Those who cry for commandments to be shown demonstrate their lack of faith in Gods word. They read the Bible. They know what it says. The reality is they know but reject it.
Take this for an example.
Right in the heart of the context of my first post John the apostle by the Holy Ghost said this:
22:12 “Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work. 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 22:14 Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. 22:15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. Rev. 22:12-15
As
SOON as John mentions that
ONLY those who
DO his commandments are going to be saved he then gives a list of those who have lived
APART FROM HIM and his commandments.
Its so very simple to people who are committed to Jesus and his teaching. And yet the Holy Spirit felt it neccessary to inspire John the apostle to
IDENTIFY THE END TIME SAINTS WITH KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS.
No doubt this was done to attempt to awake many out of their sleep caused by the delusional teaching that men need do
NOTHING to enter the kingdom.
In all the teaching concerning obedience
LOVE is always the basis. Because one
LOVES GOD they desire to keep his commands. Certainly all the law and prophets can be summed up in love toward God and his neighbor as Jesus said. Yet Jesus spelled out specific commands for his disciples to do. He must have thought this was
NEEDFUL for their understanding.
Then he sent out his disciples with what men have called
THE GREAT COMMISSION.
Matt. 28:18-20
“All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 28:19 Go,* and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 28:20
teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
These things are accented in the sacred writings. The apostles of Christ were faithful to give us these commandments as much of their writings are for that very purpose. Those who immerse themselves in Christ are aware of them. They will have a fighting chance in the last and evil days that will come on the Church at the end of the last days.
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