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Jesus Loves Me
Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church*,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
Trinitarian passage.
Love.
obedience.
People can say they love Jesus till they are blue in the face, but if they aren’t obeying him they don’t belong to him.
Love Jesus
Jesus continues teaching and preparing his disciples for their departure.
He presents them with a conditional statement.
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
Jesus isn’t questioning their love for him, rather he is positing that they know how they are going demonstrate their love for him.
What does it mean to Love Jesus?
It means that we desire, enjoy, and find satisfaction in him.
It means that we put Jesus in first place.
That he is our greatest desire.
We realize that loving Jesus is far superior than loving the things of this world.
Jesus isn’t looking for half-hearted followers.
He wants us to be all in.
To Love him with all that we have.
Our minds, bodies, hearts, and souls.
The person who loves Jesus is ready to follow him where ever he leads.
They are willing to give up their own comfort, desires, and future to follow him.
That’s what love is regularly defined as in the NT.
Laying aside your life for the good of others.
If we love Jesus, then we prefer him to everything else.
Including family, friends, and ourselves.
And to our ears this can sound harsh.
I need to love Jesus more than my spouse.
More than my parents, kids, grandkids.
How and why would I possibly love Jesus more than them?
How can Jesus ask me to do that?
He knows how much I love them?
I want to let you in on a little secret.
If you love Jesus more than your parents, kids, and grandkids then you will be able to love them more too.
You will be able to be more of a blessing to them.
How does that work?
Jesus is love.
He shows us how to love.
He reveals to us the deep love of the Father for us.
And if it weren’t for God there would be no love.
So as you draw closer to the source of love, you have access to deeper and more meaningful ways to love your family, friends, or whoever.
The more you love Jesus the more your love for others will Grow.
Because it is from Jesus that we learn what it means to love.
So if you want to love people better, you need to love Jesus deeper.
How do we increase our love for Jesus?
We spend time with him.
We read his word.
Dig and dive into how he has revealed himself.
This isn’t simply reading it quickly, but studying and growing in our knowledge of him.
We live a life of worship.
For the person who loves Jesus, worship isn’t just one or two hours a week.
It isn’t simply coming to church to get your fill.
Worship is a lifestyle.
Worship is living out what God has called you to be.
Sure coming to worship together is important, but if that’s where your worship stops, you’re doing it wrong.
We also increase our love for Jesus by gathering and fellowshipping with other believers.
Those are ways that we grow in our love for Jesus, but how do we actually love Jesus?
He tells us to obey his commandments.
Now we have to be careful here.
We have to steer clear of believing that obedience is a way to earn God’s Love.
Our obedience to Jesus is never to earn or receive God’s Love.
Obedience is always an overflow from our love for him.
Obedience to Jesus springs forth from our love for him.
So the formula is love Jesus, then obey Jesus.
Not obey Jesus then love him.
B/c here’s the thing, duty will never sustain obedience.
Obeying out of obligation will eventually lose out.
There’s no power in obedience out of duty.
But there is power in obeying through delight.
If we delight in Jesus.
If we delight in his goodness, grace and character.
If we delight in and remember the salvation we have recieved.
If we grow in our affection for Jesus, then that delight and affection will sustain obedience.
We will want to obey b/c we love and delight in Him.
If we love Jesus.
Meaning that we delight in him,
that we desire him,
That we are satisfied in him,
That we prefer him to everything else then our desires and behavior will change.
Behavior modification usually fails b/c it is done out of a spirit of duty and not delight.
But Jesus isn’t interested in behavior modification.
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