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SEEK THE COMMANDS-3

Text: Matthew 28:20

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Having established the fact that obeying ALL things is obeying the great commandment- LOVE, today we shall be looking at the great commandment and the Great Commission.

The two are intertwined. They are mutually inclusive. You cannot claim to obey one without obeying the other. True obedience to the great commission flows from a true heart that is obeying the great commandment.

So, Love is ALL things because GOD Himself is ALL things , and God is Love. The fulfilment of the great commandment- "Love" is the show of your obedience to ALL THINGS that Jesus has commanded.

This is because *when you start exercising yourself to true love of God and for God, keeping His sayings becomes a lot more easier.* 

The first thing that shows your love for God is a ready heart that seeks to obey Him.

Jesus said in John 14:21: " *Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them."* So, loving God is not just something that is built up from your emotion only but from your WILL as well. You must Will to love Him by obeying His commands.

If you don't know where to start from, you start by loving your next door neighbour. Forgive him or her. Don't speak ill of your neighbour. Don't seek to pay evil for evil. Give to your neighbour when he comes to ask from you. 

Loving your neighbour should be your starting point for loving the Lord because the scripture says that , " If someone says, _"I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?"

Don't be deceived there is nothing like anointing of Love. You walk in love by simply obeying the Lord's command as it is being shown to you by the Holy Spirit, in the scripture or in your heart.

Bible reading:Mathew 28:17-20.

PRAYER FOCUS

1) Father, I receive grace to love you more and more so as to keep all things whatsoever you command me to do.



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