If You Love Me, Keep My Commandments

John 14:15 “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”

The word “keep” is the action in this passage of Scripture. If you are keeping something, that means you are doing it. Jesus is saying, “No lip service, please; if you say you love me, then you will do something. You will keep or do the things that I tell you to do.”

When Pastor Rhonda and I first got married, I would tell her, “I thought about stopping and getting you flowers today.” As the old saying goes, “It is the thought that counts,” right? So, I thought that would be sufficient to get me some brownie points, but it didn’t. She said to me, “Where are they?” I would say, “Well, I just thought it.” And then she would say, “It is not the thought that counts; no brownie points for you.”

You actually have to do it in order for Jesus to count it. You actually have to do it in order for it to be faith. You must think it, you must say it, but you also have to actually do something. Jesus said, “If you love me…” We have a lot of people who say they love the Lord, but there are no corresponding actions. They are not keeping the law of love; they are not keeping His Word.

We must not only say it, but we must also do it. We show Jesus we love Him by doing what He says.