Correct.
"You
are My friends,
if you do
what I command you. John 15:14 (NAS)
"If
you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 14:15 (NAS)
Jesus answered and said to him,
"If anyone
loves Me, he will keep My word; and
My Father
will love him, and
We will come
to him, and make Our abode with him. John
14:23 (NAS)
"If
you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love;
just as I have kept My Father's commandments, and
abide in His love. John 15:10 (NAS)
"For
whoever does
the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is
My brother
and sister
and mother."
Matthew 12:50 (NAS)
"God's son...who was declared
the Son of God with power by the resurrection from
the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus
Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have
received grace and apostleship
to bring
about the obedience of faith among all the
Gentiles for His name's sake, 6 among
whom you also are
the called
of Jesus Christ;" Romans 1:4-6 (NAS)
Not Everyone Who Says to Me 'Lord, Lord' Shall
Enter the Kingdom
Jesus
says: "Not
everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter
the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of
My Father who is in heaven. "Many will say to Me on
that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your
name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your
name perform many miracles?' "And then I will
declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness.' "Therefore everyone
who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them,
may be compared to a wise man, who built his house
upon the rock. (NAS) Matthew 7:21-24
What would you think of a person who says he
knows God, but doesn't try his best to keep
God's word and do what God asks?
"The
one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does
not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth
is not in him; but whoever keeps His word, in him
the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we
know that we are in Him: the one who says he abides
in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as
He walked." I John 2:4-6 (NAS)
Would a member of Jesus' church want to try his
or her best to walk in this same manner?
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