When Jesus called Simon Peter and his brother Andrew at his service, the order for them was, “Follow me. “Over time, those who came after or followed Jesus became his “disciples,” “students,” or “followers. “In the ministry, Jesus made it clear to his listeners that discipleship was not simply about receiving an education or adhering to a set of ethical principles or clauses. Did being a disciple of Jesus recognize you for who he really was?the Son of God incarnate, the Messiah long awaited and, therefore, to reorient a person’s life to fulfill the standards of his celestial kingdom.
In John 14. 15, Jesus clearly exposed this truth to his disciples as follows: “If you love me, will you keep my commandments?”It may seem like a simple, even simplistic statement, but if we look closely at it, we will realize that it tells us a lot about what it means to be a true disciple of Jesus. The first thing we should notice is that the motivation for Christian obedience is, and should be, love and not fear. obey Jesus not because we are afraid of the outcome of judgment if we do not, but because we recognize who Jesus is and what He has done for us, which in turn gives rise to a deep desire in our souls to honor you with our lives As John says in his first epistle: “Do we love because he loved us first?(1 John 4. 19), and it is this source of love that overflows with the desire to obey.
- Second.
- Notice that in John 14:21.
- Jesus puts this truth in the opposite direction: “He who has my commandments and keeps them.
- That is the one who loves me”.
- In other words.
- Our obedience to Jesus is one of the characteristics that distinguish us as those who truly love Him.
- As Jesus says in Matthew 12:33: “By the fruit the tree is known”.
Third, keep in mind that this obedience we give to Jesus is not achieved by our own power. In the next verse, Jesus tells us that He will ask the Father to send us another Comforter, the Holy Ghost (John 14. 16), and Paul then tells us that it is he (the Spirit) who gives us the power to kill?of the body?and who is with us in the struggle, testifying that we are children of God (Romans 8:13-17).
Does all this clearly show that any accusation against Christianity is antinomian?Is that against the law? Paul himself asks, “What shall we say then?Will we remain in sin so that grace may be more abundant?And he himself answers, rightly so, “Not at all?!” (Rom 6. 1?2 Our salvation is based, fully and completely, on the righteousness of Christ, both in his life and in his death, which is imputed unto us; this justice is the sole basis of justification. But is there an obvious spiritual fruit in which they have been justified?The recognition of Jesus as King and the gratitude-filled love for him, which generates a desire, given by the Spirit, to follow Him and obey his commandments.