August 4th 2024
Friends Of Jesus, Love Each Other!
John 15:12-15, 17
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no-one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. This is my command: Love each other.
Jesus has given His followers a command, “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” Then Jesus said to His followers, “You are my friends if you do what I command.” Therefore, if you are striving to be a friend of Jesus, then you must become more like Him and work on developing a love for all our brother and sisters in Christ. Jesus wanted to leave His followers with a deep desire to work on developing a love for each other, so He told them (us) again a message of love, as He said, “This is my command: Love each other.” Note Jesus is again giving a command to love each other. Friends of Jesus, love each other! Oh, what a friend we have in Jesus!
John is writing about how becoming born again is necessary for helping us to be able to gain some control over our sinful nature. We can become the children of God, if we believe Jesus is our Lord and Savior, then we can be even more then friends, we do become recognized as the children of God. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. (John 1:11-13). Jesus has now become your friend and your brother in the family of God!
The writer of Proverbs warns us to avoid becoming too attached to the ways of this cursed world. "Two things I ask of you, O LORD; do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. (Proverbs 30:7-9). Becoming rich in this world may cause us to lose our perspective and become a worldly person obsessed with accumulating wealth! On the other hand, if we become poor, we may lose our perspective and spend our time scheming on how to steal from other people in our worldly pursuit of survival. Either way we become worldly and spend all our time on worldly ventures, and thus our immortal soul ends up in hell.
Many people today have come to believe that this universe came into being on its own with no plan or purpose, this religion is known as evolution! If this story is true, then Jesus did not create this earth it came about on its own. John wrote about how Jesus created this earth! He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. (John 1:10-13).
It is ultimately important to believe that Jesus Christ created this earth as a special creation, as it started out as heaven, where mankind was to live forever. Then disobedience brought death and suffering into this world, and it became a temporary place for mankind to live and die on it! The writer of Hebrews reports how important it is for believers to meet on a regular basis to help us maintain and strengthen our faith. And let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:24-25). It is important for all believers to choose a Bible believing church to attend regularly to help us support our belief system.
The writer of Hebrews reminds us that we need a strong faith, as we must believe that God exists before He will answer our prayers. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. (Hebrews 11:6). Our prayers must be offered to God, expecting that we may be rewarded by God for believing our prayers will be answered.
God gave all believers a book that supplies answers to questions that may arise in this cursed world. Many professing Christians do not read their Bible every day! Do you? Paul wrote letters to Timothy about how he needs to study his Bible, as it helps him understand God better. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Tomothy 3:16-17). Please believe what Paul writes about the Scriptures for Timothy and for us who are followers of Jesus Christ. Read some Scripture every day and believe that the Holy Spirit will help you understand what you have read!
Your Bible is the only book in this cursed world that contains absolute truth, as it is “God-breathed!” This means to me, that God has directed our Bible to be the Word of God, and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit it is the only book that was not written solely by some member of mankind. God inspires some books, but none can be depended on to be without some human error.
Your brother in life through Adam, your brother in eternity through Jesus,
Bob Moak
John 15:12-15, 17
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no-one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. This is my command: Love each other.
Jesus has given His followers a command, “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” Then Jesus said to His followers, “You are my friends if you do what I command.” Therefore, if you are striving to be a friend of Jesus, then you must become more like Him and work on developing a love for all our brother and sisters in Christ. Jesus wanted to leave His followers with a deep desire to work on developing a love for each other, so He told them (us) again a message of love, as He said, “This is my command: Love each other.” Note Jesus is again giving a command to love each other. Friends of Jesus, love each other! Oh, what a friend we have in Jesus!
John is writing about how becoming born again is necessary for helping us to be able to gain some control over our sinful nature. We can become the children of God, if we believe Jesus is our Lord and Savior, then we can be even more then friends, we do become recognized as the children of God. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. (John 1:11-13). Jesus has now become your friend and your brother in the family of God!
The writer of Proverbs warns us to avoid becoming too attached to the ways of this cursed world. "Two things I ask of you, O LORD; do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. (Proverbs 30:7-9). Becoming rich in this world may cause us to lose our perspective and become a worldly person obsessed with accumulating wealth! On the other hand, if we become poor, we may lose our perspective and spend our time scheming on how to steal from other people in our worldly pursuit of survival. Either way we become worldly and spend all our time on worldly ventures, and thus our immortal soul ends up in hell.
Many people today have come to believe that this universe came into being on its own with no plan or purpose, this religion is known as evolution! If this story is true, then Jesus did not create this earth it came about on its own. John wrote about how Jesus created this earth! He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. (John 1:10-13).
It is ultimately important to believe that Jesus Christ created this earth as a special creation, as it started out as heaven, where mankind was to live forever. Then disobedience brought death and suffering into this world, and it became a temporary place for mankind to live and die on it! The writer of Hebrews reports how important it is for believers to meet on a regular basis to help us maintain and strengthen our faith. And let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:24-25). It is important for all believers to choose a Bible believing church to attend regularly to help us support our belief system.
The writer of Hebrews reminds us that we need a strong faith, as we must believe that God exists before He will answer our prayers. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. (Hebrews 11:6). Our prayers must be offered to God, expecting that we may be rewarded by God for believing our prayers will be answered.
God gave all believers a book that supplies answers to questions that may arise in this cursed world. Many professing Christians do not read their Bible every day! Do you? Paul wrote letters to Timothy about how he needs to study his Bible, as it helps him understand God better. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Tomothy 3:16-17). Please believe what Paul writes about the Scriptures for Timothy and for us who are followers of Jesus Christ. Read some Scripture every day and believe that the Holy Spirit will help you understand what you have read!
Your Bible is the only book in this cursed world that contains absolute truth, as it is “God-breathed!” This means to me, that God has directed our Bible to be the Word of God, and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit it is the only book that was not written solely by some member of mankind. God inspires some books, but none can be depended on to be without some human error.
Your brother in life through Adam, your brother in eternity through Jesus,
Bob Moak
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