Sometimes when we read scriptures, it makes us feel like we aren’t going to get into heaven! But, we have to understand that the scriptures written, is about Jesus and His life. He is and was perfect in all areas because He was without sin. He went through the things we go through today, yet without sin. He responded to wrongs done to him, without anger and fear and feelings of rejection, because He didn’t have the sin in Him to respond incorrectly. Our response is contingent on the sin in us… Do we have hurts in our hearts from the past… Are we still mad at God?… Is there bitterness and unforgiveness anywhere? All these things are used as filters as we respond to people.
I share that because in order to love God, we need something in us to love Him with. If we try loving Him with our own efforts, it will not be perfect love! It will be with condition and suspicion and doubt… because of the sin in us, and even towards God. BUT!!! And please get this BUT…. If we receive God’s love for us FIRST, t hen we will have what we need to love Him perfectly AND keep His commandments!
See, keeping His commandments isn’t that we go out and try to DO them… Keeping His commandments is a promise to us. The way we do it is in that passage… “If you love me…. (THEN YOU WILL) Keep my commandments. See, in order to do all He has asked of you, you first need to have “received” His love. Many say, “I know He loves me” yet their lives are in shambles. This is “head” knowledge… not heart knowledge. We need to have a deep rooted revelation on God’s love for us FIRST that resides on our inners… then we will have what we need to love Him, keep His commandments, love ourselves and love others as He intended us to.
The Bible says, “We love Him BECAUSE He FIRST loved us.” We cannot do ANYTHING of any kingdom value, or for our lives, if we don’t get first things first.
So if you feel you are one of the many who are struggling in finding your peace and freedom and obedience toward God, it could be all connected to His love not being perfected in you. The Bible says that “God’s love is perfected in us” so that we can love perfectly! It doesn’t mean we are perfect… we are still sinners that need a savior, but our love can be perfected… and perfect love means to love one another without condition and fear. This is truly possible!
For more teaching on this, be sure to check out my website, there is a wealth of topics there that could help anyone seeking more of God and His love, forgiveness, and peace. www. truthfrees.org.
