John 14:15  If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments. ASV

John 14:15  If ye love Me, keep My commandments. KJV

John 14:15  If you love Me, keep My commandments.  LITV,  NKJV, MKJV

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                                                        COMMENTARY

Love ~requires~ obedience!
. Now folks... According to the words of Messiah, if a person is -not- keeping His commandments what does that indicate? The Scriptures teach most clearly that obedience is one of the main elements of the true doctrine of Sanctification. That is to say, one of the identifying characteristics of a true Christian is the fact that he is walking in obedience to His Lord and keeping His commandments.  Those who are not keeping His commandments have no Biblical basis on which to claim they are saved! 1John 2:4 and many other passages are quite clear on that. Again, one sure way of telling whether or not a person who says "Jesus" is a true Christian is by seeing whether or not he is walking in obedience to the "Jesus" he claims to believe in.  If a person is not obeying then he is disobeying, which means he's still in his sin. See Romans 6:17

Does the man in Romans 7 look like he's keeping His commandments?

Are ~you~ keeping His commandments?

John

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