If ye love me, keep my commandments. . .
Adapted and expanded from a message given at the jail February 11, 2015 John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 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. John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. It is sometimes interesting to look at the negative of statements in the Bible. In this case, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”, turn it upside down and this is the result, “If ye do not love me, then do not keep my commandments. In other words, if you don’t love me. . . don’t bother. I believe this is a valuable insight into the intent of J...