advantage of love and earn our way into Heaven. However, if one God’s interprets the verse in this way they are really saying that love is God’s conditioned on our obedience and not the sacrifice of Christ. A Christian does not keep themselves in love, by somehow coaxing God’s God to keep loving them through legal obedience, since God loves us unconditionally! Romans 8:38-39 I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, “For nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” In Christ, God loves the believer unconditionally. We can be sure that we are not being told to preserve ourselves in God's favor. I have to do don’t something to earn love. He loves me no matter what I do in my God’s Christian life good or bad! Do you love your children only when they obey – you? Do you stop loving them just because they make a wrong decision? No, you continue to love them and want to see them hurt themselves. don’t What does it mean when the Bible calls for the Christian to keep themselves in the love of God? The word means "to watch over" or "to keep an “keep” eye on." Keeping oneself in the love of God is not some kind of legalistic ritual but a commitment to maintain a relational walk with God where we are enjoying love for us as we walk in His presence (Ps. 16:11) and also God’s expressing love to others (John 15:12). Keeping ourselves in the love God’s of God means we will keep a guard about our lives so that we might not stop loving God and others as we should. One thing is very evident; when a Christian keeps themselves in the love of God it means that they are keeping their life in tune with God so they can experience His precious love for them. They are keeping an eye on their relationship with God so they can experience the joy and wonder of His love and companionship in their life. The Lord made a similar statement of keeping oneself in His love in John 15:9 when He said to His ye in my (abide in my disciples, “Continue love”
advantage of God’s love and earn our way into Heaven. However, if one interprets the verse in this way they are really saying that God’s love is conditioned on our obedience and not the sacrifice of Christ. A Christian does not keep themselves in God’s love, by somehow coaxing God to keep loving them through legal obedience, since God loves us unconditionally! Romans 8:38-39 “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” In Christ, God loves the believer unconditionally. We can be sure that we are not being told to preserve ourselves in God's favor. I don’t have to do something to earn God’s love. He loves me no matter what I do in my Christian life – good or bad! Do you love your children only when they obey you? Do you stop loving them just because they make a wrong decision? No, you continue to love them and don’t want to see them hurt themselves. What does it mean when the Bible calls for the Christian to keep themselves in the love of God? The word “keep” means "to watch over" or "to keep an eye on." Keeping oneself in the love of God is not some kind of legalistic ritual but a commitment to maintain a relational walk with God where we are enjoying God’s love for us as we walk in His presence (Ps. 16:11) and also expressing God’s love to others (John 15:12). Keeping ourselves in the love of God means we will keep a guard about our lives so that we might not stop loving God and others as we should. One thing is very evident; when a Christian keeps themselves in the love of God it means that they are keeping their life in tune with God so they can experience His precious love for them. They are keeping an eye on their relationship with God so they can experience the joy and wonder of His love and companionship in their life. The Lord made a similar statement of keeping oneself in His love in John 15:9 when He said to His disciples, “Continue ye in my love” (abide in my
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