John 14:21 is one of the most beautifully profound scriptures in all of scripture; "Those who accept My commandments and obey them are the ones who love Me. And because they love Me, My Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal Myself to each of them."
He who has or accepts Jesus commandments, is clearly speaking of believers. We begin with regeneration, the being born again that Jesus talked about in John 3:3-8. We put our faith and trust for salvation not in our works but in and through Jesus Christ alone!
Then we hear the Word on Sundays in church or on TV but we can't stop at just hearing. We have to get into the Bible, the Word of God and read it for ourselves! If you skip this step after being born again, then you will forever remain a baby believer. Your life doesn't change.
Never growing, never living the abundant life! Never knowing who Jesus Christ is in an intimate relationship with Him, never knowing who you are as a believer, ignorant of the promises and commandments of God. Your mind remains the same because it is transformed (Romans 12:2) only through the Word of God and prayer!
The next step after reading and studying the Word is to become doers of the Word. Referring to the obediently keeping His commandments part. We also learn from John 14:21 that Jesus defines love for Him as obedience, not lip service, not just hearing the Word, but applying the Word to our lives by walking in obedience to it.
That is exactly what Jesus did when He walked this earth, thousands of years ago. John 14:31; "I will do what the Father requires of Me, so that the world will know that I love the Father." Our obedience to what Jesus requires of us will show the world that we love Jesus Christ.
Obedience brings the greatest blessing of all, the revelation of Jesus Christ to us, personally! You are introduced to Christ through the gospel or good news, you believe in Him for salvation and you grow in your knowledge of Him as Lord with every act of obedience!
Remember the words of our title scripture? James 1:22, to hear the Word and never do it, is to fool only yourself! The Word of God is His gift to us, to ignore it is foolish, never to know and do it, is to miss out on the most wonderful thing you can experience on this earth, namely a personal, real relationship with your Creator, Savior and Lord.
To know Jesus is to experience and receive His love for you, personally, to know Jesus through His Word is to know peace of heart and mind, to know Jesus is to filled with joy, deep, abiding joy that no darkness, or loss, or trial, or tribulation can ever touch.
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