1Jn 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
Do you wonder if you know God?
Many people do.
How can we know if we know Him?
We KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS!
He tells us how we know if we know Him, we do not have to wonder.
Are we keeping HIS commandments?
If we are NOT keeping His commandments we do NOT KNOW HIM.
We might think we know Him, but we don't if we are not keeping the commandments He's given to us.
All of the commandments our Savior has given to us are enveloped fully in His MORAL law. That law was put into the heart of mankind upon their creation and when man sinned they cut themselves off from the source of love that put the law of love into their hearts.
Once man was cut off from that source a WAY had to immediately be put into action for man to obtain the love of the law in their hearts again. The separating breach had to be mended and that was done in this promise…
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
The heel that was to be bruised was our SAVIOR'S.
This promise was put into action the MOMENT God confronted mankind and Satan in that garden. In truth read this…
Tit 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began
2Ti 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began
BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN!
The plan was in place before the world began! The promise we given before mankind existed. Knowing the risk they were taking in creating human beings, flesh and spirit mingled, they realized all the pros and cons and knowing there was that possibility of sinning and separating themselves from God through the urging of the corrupt one-- our Creators had a plan.
Yes, before the world began the plan was there ready to put into action.
When heartbreakingly it became necessary to do so, the plan was enacted and it's STILL being carried out and until our Savior returns and we are united with HIM in eternity it will be unfolding. The completion of the plan will be when we are inhabiting the new heavens and new earth with our God, with our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.
The commandments we must keep are commandments of love all encompassed in the moral law of our ten commandments and summed up by our Savior in this verse…
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
LOVE GOD.
LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS.
1Jn 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
We must love this is our Savior's commandment to us.
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