“你们若爱我,就必遵守我的命令。” - 约 14:15

我记得我是在我们教会一个叫“军官俱乐部”的男孩社团学习这节经文的。这当然是一节适合男孩学习的经文,但是遵守神的命令对每个人来说都是有益的。

对一些人来说,这节经文可能看起来非常浅显,只有孩子才需要学习。当然了!我怎么能既爱一个人,又伤害他,或偷他们的东西呢?我不应该这样对待任何人,尤其是我所爱的人。

在诗篇119篇中,我们可以看出,作者爱神,并希望以神喜悦的方式来生活。“我一心寻求了你;”诗人写道,“求你不要叫我偏离你的命令。”如果我们像这位诗人一样,对神有着深深的信任,我们知道只有神信实的慈爱和眷顾才能帮助我们按神爱的法则生活。

虽然这些诫命经常被负面地陈述——不可敬拜别神;不可杀人;不可偷窃;等等——但它们的宗旨都是正面的:要爱主你的神;要爱邻舍如同自己。(见太 22:37-40;可 12:29-31)。

这些诫命不是外在的行为规则;它们是原则框架,对神的爱能够在其上成长和成熟。如果没有神的爱和祂给我们的生活框架,什么都不能站立。

祷告

主啊,因着你对我们的爱和看顾,我们愿意向你和我们的邻舍表达爱。请帮助我们藉着遵守你的命令来表达爱。阿们。

诗篇 119:1-16

1行为完全,遵行耶和华律法的,这人便为有福!
2遵守他的法度,一心寻求他的,这人便为有福!
3这人不做非义的事,但遵行他的道。
4耶和华啊,你曾将你的训词吩咐我们,为要我们殷勤遵守。
5但愿我行事坚定,得以遵守你的律例!
6我看重你的一切命令,就不至于羞愧。
7我学了你公义的判语,就要以正直的心称谢你。
8我必守你的律例,求你总不要丢弃我。
9少年人用什么洁净他的行为呢?是要遵行你的话。
10我一心寻求了你,求你不要叫我偏离你的命令。
11我将你的话藏在心里,免得我得罪你。
12耶和华啊,你是应当称颂的,求你将你的律例教训我。
13我用嘴唇传扬你口中的一切典章。
14我喜悦你的法度,如同喜悦一切的财物。
15我要默想你的训词,看重你的道路。
16我要在你的律例中自乐,我不忘记你的话。

Love Leads To Obedience

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments." - John 14:15 (RSV)

I remember learning this verse in our church boys club, called “Cadets.” It is certainly a good verse for boys to learn, but keeping God’s commands is a good plan for everyone.

To some of us, this verse might seem so obvious that only a child would need to learn it. Of course! How could I love someone and then hurt them, or steal from them? That’s no way to treat anyone, especially someone I love.

In Psalm 119 we can tell that the writer loves God and wants to live God’s way. “I seek you with all my heart,” the psalmist writes; “do not let me stray from your commands.” If we are like this believer, we have a deep trust in God, and we know that only God’s faithful love and care can help us live by God’s law of love.

Though the commandments are often stated negatively—do not worship other gods; do not kill; do not steal; and so on—the summary of them all is positive: do love the Lord your God; do love your neighbor as yourself. (See Matthew 22:37-40; Mark 12:29-31.)

The commandments are not external demands; they are the framework on which love for God can grow and flourish. And without God’s love and the framework he gives us to live by, nothing will stand.

Prayer

Lord, because of your love and care for us, we want to show you and our neighbors love. Help us to do that by keeping your commandments. Amen.

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