KEY SCRIPTURE: John 14:24 KJV” He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.”

I believe no Christian would say He does not love the Lord Jesus. Well, in our key scripture the Lord shows us those who do not love Him. It says such people do not keep His word.  Anyone who reads the Old Testament of the bible would realise that one main sin that those who did not love God, used to fall into, was idolatry. It was the major point of fall for most of the people. Some of the Kings who fell out of the good books of God, led their people into idol worshipping.

What is the modern form of idol worshipping? This is self-love, or self conteredness.2Ti 3:2 KJV “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,” Idolatry is when anything takes up God’s place in our lives. Sadly, many Christians have loved their personal comfort, such that most of what they do is to satisfy themselves. There are modern day idolators of which some are Christians. The word of God is full of divers’ instructions that we must obey. One of the main instructions that the Lord gave to the church is to win the lost for Him. The Lord kept appearing to the disciples for a period of forty days before going up bodily to heaven. In all these times the main thing He kept telling them, was to be witnesses for Him. Acts 1:3 KJV “To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:”

It was here that He asked them to wait for the promise of the Father, so they could be witnesses for Him. Sadly, many children of God are not witnesses. They are lovers of themselves, or better still, they are ‘idolators.’

Dear child of God, do you love the Lord? Since the year began, how many people have you spoken to about the Lord? Have you been concerned about the young converts, enough to help them stand strong in the Lord? Do you commit your money to the spread of the gospel? How often do you intercede for sinners as well as Christians to stand strong? Is your prayers mainly about yourself, your marriage, your finance, your visa, your conception, and many more? Is all about you, you and you alone? The issue is, you have no love for the master. Now let me show you a truth in the word. The Lord knows or is ‘ one’ with those who love Him.1Co 8:2, 3 KJV “And if any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. But if any man love God, the same is known of him.” Dear one, it is not about what you claim to know, it is all about doing what He asked us to do. Those who would be accepted into His kingdom, are those who loved Him, that is those who did or kept His word. Are you a lover of Jesus?

THOUGHT: ONLY LOVERS OF JESUS WOULD BE RAPTURED.

FURTHER STUDIES

2Tim 4:8 KJV” Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing”.

John 14:24 KJV “He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.”