Passion Week: Commandment

Hello Family!!

Today I want to talk to you about a pattern that I have been noticing as I study the last week of Jesus’s life and the teachings’ He brought to us during that week (John 12- 17). 

From Palm Sunday to Jesus praying for Himself, the disciples, and us, He has shared so many great truths!  They are there for you and I to take into our spirit and prosper in!

The pattern I have been noticing in John 14 and 15 is this: “Keep My Commandment.” Below are the scriptures: 

John 14:15 (NKJV)

If you love Me, keep my commandments.

John 14:21 (NKJV)

He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is He who loves Me. 

John 14:23 (NKJV)

If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word

John 15:10 (NKJV)

If you keep My commandment

John 15:12 (NKJV)

This is My commandment that you love one another as I have loved you. 

The first pattern we see here is Jesus talking to us about the new commandment. In all of the above verses, the main topic is keeping His commandment. In John 13:34, Jesus tells us what that commandment is. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” (John 13:34).

This is such an important message to Jesus that He discusses it in John 13, 14, and 15. I am thinking, church family, that this is not by chance! He is really wanting us to get this message.  LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU! Think about the day ahead of you! Are you purposing in your heart to love others? Or do you get upset with others as soon as they make a mistake? Jesus has every right, every day to get upset with us because of our mistakes; but He chooses not to. He chooses to love us and forgive us. Do we love others and forgive others? That’s a good question to ask yourself right now. If you are holding onto unforgiveness, let it go and love others. 
The second pattern you see in the Word of God is this, “If you love me, THEN…” The key to loving Jesus completely is keeping His commandment, and what is that commandment? Loving others. WHAT? REALLY? 

To Jesus, if you love others, you love Him. If you have compassion for others and their situations, you love Him. 

So today, choose to love others, and this will be a sign to Jesus that you love Him.

-Pastor Candace