Obey God's Commands

Intro

Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday

Do all the sinning you can before you have to live piously, “Live it up!”

Views God’s commands as cumbersome, not fun

Why we’re talking about God’s commands

To love God and abide in His love is to follow his commands

Children obey their parents because they love them

You Are Loved

Let’s pause and reflect on this amazing statement by Jesus

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.”

Scripture

John 15:9–13 ESV

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

True Love: Obey God’s Commands

The Problem

We know we should love

We were made in the image of God

We want make the commands

Even from the Garden, we think we can make ourselves like God

Finding Proper Motivation

Fear of the Lord

The wrath of God is a real thing

Matthew 10:28 ESV - And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

I know what God wants for me is the best

Delayed gratification

“That my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.”

To honor God

With all that God has done for me how can I not do for Him?

Romans 8:31-32 ESV - What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

Driving lessons from my Dad

Don’t look into the headlights of oncoming cars, look to the right at the white line

What you look at is what you will drift to

Now What

Come confess and receive forgiveness

Commit to God