There
is a beautiful old song, “Jesus Loves Me.” The first verse states, “Jesus Loves Me This I Know, For The Bible Tells Me So.” Man has never written sweeter or truer words. Yet, our problem is we have many thousands of
people who “rest their eternity” on phrases that men have written. They have no evidence of their Hope in Christ,
but just in a cute little song.
Jesus
tells us that His Love is intended to be reciprocal. It is a two-way street with a merging in our
hearts. I know that after 50+ years of
marriage, love grows and matures. (It is
the same with our love for Jesus.) How
can we wait until the very last moments of our time and claim a reciprocal love
that may only have just ignited, or may not exist at all? Some men preach how Jesus loves us (and He
does) and that is all that matters.
Jesus’
love is defined by His willingness to die on the Cross. In so doing, He displayed His love for each of
us.
Along
with this Reciprocal Love is another Commandment given that is: “he [we] will
keep my words.” Jesus tells
us in addition to our verse:
This
is a requirement that goes beyond our love, and it is because of our love, that
we will “keep my [His]
commandments.” In keeping
His “commandments,” we are displaying to others that we are loved by Jesus
and that we love Him. We are displaying “The
Reciprocal Love” we have within our hearts.
Yes,
our Bible does tell us that Jesus loves us, but are you telling Jesus you love
Him, by “keep[ing] my [His] commandments?”
Bro John R. E Chastain
Retired Pastor
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