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>How to encourage a Father’s love…

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on May 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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“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. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings…” – Jesus (John 14:23-24a KJV)

My heart is particularly touched when someone loves my child.

I know, firsthand, that observing genuine love for my child from someone I hardly know instantly changes my feelings. I may not have liked that person before, but I do now! The opposite is also true; no one who mistreats my children is ever friends with me!

I think this is a small taste of what Jesus meant. He said if a person will love him his Father (GOD) will return that love.

Fritz

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>Litmus test for Loving Jesus…

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on May 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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“If a man love me, he will keep my words… He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings…” – Jesus (John 14:23a & 24a KJV)

According to Jesus, a simple test of love is whether or not his words are kept.

Regardless of education, intelligence, morality, outlook, political correctness, or ecclesiastical position, if a person keeps (learns, believes, appreciates and obeys) Jesus’ words that person loves Jesus.

The opposite is also true; if Christ’s words are not kept the Love of Christ is NOT there no matter how good the arguments.

Jesus doesn’t mean just the red letters of the Bible, a few short verses later he told his disciples,

“if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.” – John 15:20c (KJV)

Rev. Crepon, a pastor friend long ago when I was a young college student, told me, “Hold fast the the Bible, it will get you out of any jam it gets you into!”

Fritz

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>Rules for Eavesdropping…

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on February 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. – John 14:14 (KJV)

Strictly speaking, if you are going to eavesdrop on a conversation you can’t, realistically, say a promise made to a participant is a promise made to you.

You can say if one meets similar conditions as the participants it could, possibly, apply at the discretion of the promisor, but you can’t think the speaker a liar because what was promised to someone else wasn’t done for you, a bystander.

Just because I tack on the “…in Jesus Name!” to my prayers doesn’t mean I should expect, magically, get what I ask for, no matter how much I want it.

On the plus side, however, Jesus made some wonderful promises we can claim with certainty. Note the “He that…” and the “If a man…”

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 14:21 (KJV)

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 14:23 (KJV)

Eavesdropping on Christ’s conversations is well worth the effort, you just have to apply common sense eavesdropping rules.
– fritz

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