As I go into writing about obedience and what the Lord has shown me in His Word and through the writings of Andrew Murray, I do not want anyone to think I am proclaiming that only through obedience (meaning total obedience) to God the Father and His commandments do we become sons of God. We must come to Him through the Holy Spirit by a loving relationship with Him, His Son and the Holy Spirit, which has been made possible by His Son who has provided us the only way to salvation. It is not of us, but of Him.
So starting my thoughts on obedience: On page 17 of a book (which I quoted in the post of Jan 28th) by Andrew Murray, ‘A Life of Obedience,’ the author shares these words as he is describing John 14:15-16, 21, and 23. He states, “No words could express more simply or more powerfully the inconceivably glorious value Christ puts on obedience, with its twofold possibility: Obedience is only possible to a loving heart, but it also makes possible all that God has to give us through His wonderful Holy Spirit, primarily His indwelling presence. I know of no passage in Scripture (John 14) that gives a higher revelation of the spiritual life or the power of loving obedience as it condition. Let us pray earnestly that the light of God’s Holy Spirit may infuse our daily obedience with His glory.”
John 14:15-16, 21, and 23 – If you love Me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever. . . . He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love hime and manifest Myself 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 home with him.”
Amen. I will comment on this in my next post.
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