Jesus revealed God the Father to us.
Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Joh 14:7 IF YE HAD KNOWN ME, YE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN MY FATHER ALSO: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Joh 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? HE THAT HATH SEEN ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but THE FATHER THAT DWELLETH IN ME, he doeth the works.
Joh 14:11 Believe me that I AM IN THE FATHER, AND THE FATHER IN ME: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Joh 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Joh 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Jesus live His whole life KEEPING the commandments of GOD.
If we are to live as Jesus lived, we are automatically keeping the commandments of God- all of them, aren't we?
We cannot claim to be a Christ follower and deliberately break the commandments because our Savior did not live breaking the commandments.
He was without sin.
And what is sin--
1Jn_3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Sin is the TRANSGRESSION of the law. It is breaking the moral ten commandments!
The Pharisees and rulers of the Jewish people tried their best to attack Jesus for any perceived wrong doing. In each instance Jesus refuted their claims. Finally they claimed He was blasphemous based upon their MISCONCEPTION of the truth. They were blind to the truth because they wanted to be blind. They never could find Jesus guilty of breaking a single commandment, not really, not in truth. If they could have stoned Him for breaking the Sabbath they would have, if they could have found Him to be a thief they would have punished Him as one. They could find NO real guilt in Him that warranted Him being put to death. They twisted His words to suit their need to destroy Him because He challenged their very self-centered way of living. But to say we ought to keep the moral ten commandments is NO more than saying we ought to live as Jesus lived. He kept them in all points!
So when someone asks you WHY you keep the ten commandments you can tell them in all truthfulness that Jesus kept them all and you want to live as He lived. Jesus is our example!
Jesus taught us HOW to live.
Jesus told us to LOVE GOD and LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR- and Jesus expounded on the commandments, Jesus KEPT all the commandments. IF Jesus were going to change any commandment He would have made sure His apostles knew exactly what He was changing and why. Jesus would NOT have made it hard to comprehend. Jesus would not have made it difficult, not something so important, He just wouldn't have.
If we want to live like our Savior, we will keep His commandments all by HIS GRACE, all through HIS power!
All IN HIS LOVE may we obey!
Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Joh 14:7 IF YE HAD KNOWN ME, YE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN MY FATHER ALSO: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Joh 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? HE THAT HATH SEEN ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but THE FATHER THAT DWELLETH IN ME, he doeth the works.
Joh 14:11 Believe me that I AM IN THE FATHER, AND THE FATHER IN ME: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Joh 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Joh 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Jesus live His whole life KEEPING the commandments of GOD.
If we are to live as Jesus lived, we are automatically keeping the commandments of God- all of them, aren't we?
We cannot claim to be a Christ follower and deliberately break the commandments because our Savior did not live breaking the commandments.
He was without sin.
And what is sin--
1Jn_3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Sin is the TRANSGRESSION of the law. It is breaking the moral ten commandments!
The Pharisees and rulers of the Jewish people tried their best to attack Jesus for any perceived wrong doing. In each instance Jesus refuted their claims. Finally they claimed He was blasphemous based upon their MISCONCEPTION of the truth. They were blind to the truth because they wanted to be blind. They never could find Jesus guilty of breaking a single commandment, not really, not in truth. If they could have stoned Him for breaking the Sabbath they would have, if they could have found Him to be a thief they would have punished Him as one. They could find NO real guilt in Him that warranted Him being put to death. They twisted His words to suit their need to destroy Him because He challenged their very self-centered way of living. But to say we ought to keep the moral ten commandments is NO more than saying we ought to live as Jesus lived. He kept them in all points!
So when someone asks you WHY you keep the ten commandments you can tell them in all truthfulness that Jesus kept them all and you want to live as He lived. Jesus is our example!
Jesus taught us HOW to live.
Jesus told us to LOVE GOD and LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR- and Jesus expounded on the commandments, Jesus KEPT all the commandments. IF Jesus were going to change any commandment He would have made sure His apostles knew exactly what He was changing and why. Jesus would NOT have made it hard to comprehend. Jesus would not have made it difficult, not something so important, He just wouldn't have.
If we want to live like our Savior, we will keep His commandments all by HIS GRACE, all through HIS power!
All IN HIS LOVE may we obey!
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