TEXT: "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."-1 John 2:4

You should love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is his commandment. And the second to this commandment is, you should love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets, Matthew 22:37-40. Also, all that keep his commandments live in him, and he lives in them.

Furthermore, the love of God is that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not difficult to keep, because his commandments do not cause great pain or suffering, instead we gain eternal life through his commandments.

Jesus says you should love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use and persecute you; that you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: for he makes his sun and his rain: symbols of his blessings, to shine on the evil and on the good. His rain also falls on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what thanks will you get, because others love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks will you get, because others again do the same. And if you lend to those you hope to receive from, what thanks will you get, because you have done no special thing, everybody is doing it.

But, love your enemies, and do good to everybody. Lend to people who ask from you, if you can; and you reward shall be great, and you shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect: for his is kind to the thankful, and also to the unthankful.

Be merciful, as your heavenly Father is merciful. Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven: give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give to you. For with the same measure you give to others, it shall be given to you again.

Jesus also commanded, if you keep his commandments, you shall abide in his love; even as he had kept his Father's commandments, and abide in his Father's love. These things, he commanded his disciples, that their joy might be full. And again, Jesus emphasized, that you love one another, even as he has loved you!

There us no greater love than when a man gives his life for his friends. Jesus did not only give his life for his friends, he also gave it to his enemies. We are his friends, if we do what he commands us. We are no more servants; we are now friends, because he calls us friends. For we know what he did for us, and all the things he heard from his Father he has revealed to us.

We did not choose him, rather he chose us, and ordained us to go and bring fruit of the Holy Ghost, Galatians 5:22, 23. And that the fruit should remain: that whatsoever we shall ask the Father in the name of Jesus Christ, he will do it.

Finally, we should follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which, no man shall see the Lord. We should not avenge ourselves, but rather we should give place for God: for it is written, vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord, Romans 12:19. Therefore, if your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing you are heaping coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. And the God of peace will keep your mind in peace. God bless you real good. These are his commandments!

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

Pastor K. C.