Commandments Manifested.

Jesus manifested to us. We all want this, don't we?

John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Rev 3:20  Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 

Jesus will come in and sup with us. Just imagine this. The wonder of sharing a meal with Jesus.

Rev 19:9  And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 

Luk 12:37  Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Luk 17:8  And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? 

The marriage supper, how incredible this will be.  And those servants of Christ's who are WATCHING will be blessed by Christ. Christ will serve them! Can we even imagine this fully?

Christ will know us when He returns if He is in us, and there is no other way He can know us. If Christ isn't living in us, a part of our lives in a very real way beyond a casual acquaintance, He won't know us. We can do all sorts of things using Christ's name without ever having Him live in us, without His ever knowing us. It's a scary thought that we can believe we have Christ without really having Him. How do we know we truly have Him in us?

John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

This is one way. You need to truly ask yourself if you have Jesus' commandments, and if you have them if you keep them, truly keep them in your heart, in the way our Savior would have us keep them- in love.

Have commands.

Keep commands.

Exo 20:2  I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 

Exo 20:3  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.   (((God our only GOD))))

Exo 20:4  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 

Exo 20:5  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 

Exo 20:6  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.  (((NO idols! NO tangible object of worship. Nothing worshiped besides GOD, nothing. We bow down to ONLY GOD and God is not found in any object whatsoever!))))

Exo 20:7  Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.  ((( The LORD our GOD's name is powerful, holy, sacred. The name of our LORD GOD should never be used senselessly, but always with reverence, always with the acknowledgement that our LORD GOD hears us every time His name is spoken. ))))

Exo 20:8  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 

Exo 20:9  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 

Exo 20:10  But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 

Exo 20:11  For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.  (((At creation the Sabbath day was created. At the Exodus the Sabbath was reinforced. At Mount Sinai the Sabbath was etched in stone by the finger of God Himself, by the Creator. The commandments in tables of stone were placed in the very Ark of the Covenant which resided in the tabernacle of God. The Sabbath was kept holy by Jesus Christ our Lord, God in flesh on earth. The Holy time given to us still today- weekly it is ours to draw as close to the Lord our God as we can ever get until He returns.))))

Exo 20:12  Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (((Giving honor to those who are our parents- honor, great respect to those who raise us, care for us, who love us.))))

Exo 20:13  Thou shalt not kill. (((Do not murder, no deliberate taking of another's life through anger, spite, hatred, jealousy, planning to end a life for your own gain in any way.))))

Exo 20:14  Thou shalt not commit adultery. (((No defiling one that belongs to another - not in thought, not in deed.))))

Exo 20:15  Thou shalt not steal.  (((Never take something that isn't yours to take.))))

Exo 20:16  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (((Do not lie about anyone for any reason.))))

Exo 20:17  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.  (((Do not desire the things of others- not their spouses, not their servants, friends, possessions of any kind.))))

We read these commandments and we live in a world that has condoned breaking all of them. Yes, even murder. We may have laws against them, but often law enforcers themselves are guilty of murder. We have no law against the murder we commit in our hearts, but not in deed. We say it's fine to commit mental murder because it hurts no one. It's not true. Jesus told us that if we desire to murder another it is wrong, it is sin and needs to be repented of, to gain forgiveness for.

It is NO wonder we are told that if we love God we will keep His commandments, as well as being told few will do so compared to the many. We have to study the commandments and study the word of God, we need to pray always for comprehension of the commandments and what Jesus revealed to us of them. He wants us to love Him and love others, and we need to do this by understanding the commandments given to us will lead to this love.

Such wondrous love.

Jesus will manifest Himself to us in so many ways, real ways.

All through HIS amazing love!