Will we keep our sheep's clothing on, refusing to be true sheep?

'We've spent so much time twisting the commandments of God around that we fail to see the truth. We strip the moral commandments of their worth substituting ideas of our own and call it good.  Our Savior will NOT know those who do not follow His TRUTHS, HIS COMMANDMENTS.'

I did NOT write these words--

1Jn_2:3  And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments

I did NOT write these words--

Joh 14:15  If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Love God.

Love One Another.

And how do we reveal our love for God and for one another?

We've the perfect moral law that teaches us of this revelation of love. People don't want to see it though. They want to take the moral law and rip it apart as if it were a part of the ceremonial laws- laws of ceremony. The moral law is separate from the ceremonial law. The moral law was reaffirmed by our SAVIOR. Remember this--

Mat 19:16  And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

Mat 19:17  And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Mat 19:18  He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Mat 19:19  Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mat 19:20  The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

Mat 19:21  Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

What law is our Savior referring to here?

The MORAL law!

It is guaranteed that the man kept ALL the moral law- all the ten commandments that comprise the moral law.  He kept the commandments but what he lacked was the heart in the moral law and that is what our Savior came to show by fulfilling the heart of the law in the moral law.  Our Savior revealed HOW to keep His moral law, He did NOT do away with that law, He did NOT change that law.  People had forgotten that the moral law was made up of four laws that reveal our love for God, and six laws that reveal our love for our fellowman.  People forgot the moral law was a law of love and kept it without love which makes it null and void. The man talking to Jesus kept all the law and Jesus didn't tell Him that He didn't. Jesus pointed out where the love of the man truly was, and it wasn't with God, the man had an idol- and that idol was money, his earthly treasure. The man wasn't willing to give up his idol and Jesus revealed this to him. For all that he believed he was keeping the commandments he wasn't truly keeping them from his heart.

Our Savior TAUGHT us how to know Him, will we learn from Him? 

Will we keep our sheep's clothing on, refusing to be true sheep? God forbid!

May our Savior help us to be HIS sheep!

In His love!

Amen.