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===Expression of Love=== | ===Expression of Love=== | ||
Keeping God’s commandments is an expression of love for God. People desire to convey their love to the ones they care for. They express intangible, invisible love through tangible acts | Keeping God’s commandments is an expression of love for God. People desire to convey their love to the ones they care for. They express intangible, invisible love through tangible acts, such as giving flowers, gifts, or letters to make others happy. God desires us to express our love for Him by keeping His commandments. | ||
{{quote5 |내용= “Whoever has '''my commands [God’s commands]''' and obeys them, he is the one who loves me.” |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2014%3A21&version=NIV John 14:21]}}{{quote5 |내용= This is love for God: to obey '''his commands [God’s commands]'''. And his commands are not burdensome. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%205%3A3&version=NIV 1 John 5:3]}} | {{quote5 |내용= “Whoever has '''my commands [God’s commands]''' and obeys them, he is the one who loves me.” |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2014%3A21&version=NIV John 14:21]}}{{quote5 |내용= This is love for God: to obey '''his commands [God’s commands]'''. And his commands are not burdensome. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%205%3A3&version=NIV 1 John 5:3]}} | ||
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==Saints Who Keep God’s Commandments== | ==Saints Who Keep God’s Commandments== | ||
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The saints whom [[John (Apostle)|Apostle John]] saw through revelation as the people who would be saved in the last days, keep God’s commandments.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+14%3A12&version=NIV |title=Revelation 14:12 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Among those who believe in God, there are those who neglect God’s commandments, thinking that faith alone is enough for salvation. While it is true that faith is important for salvation, if | The saints whom [[John (Apostle)|Apostle John]] saw through revelation as the people who would be saved in the last days, keep God’s commandments.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+14%3A12&version=NIV |title=Revelation 14:12 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Among those who believe in God, there are those who neglect God’s commandments, thinking that faith alone is enough for salvation. While it is true that faith is important for salvation, if people consider faith to be merely a belief or thought, they are misunderstanding the biblical concept of ''faith''. All the forefathers of faith in the Bible acted with deeds. [[Noah]] built the ark in obedience to God’s word, [[Abraham]] left his homeland, and [[Moses]] observed the Passover with the Israelites.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%2011%3A7%E2%80%938%2C%2028&version=NIV |title=Hebrews 11:7–8, 28 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> These actions were all the results of their faith. In other words, faith always involves actions that come from obedience to God’s word.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+2%3A17-26&version=NIV |title=James 2:17–26 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Likewise, in the New Testament era, God’s people must accompany their faith with actions by keeping God’s commandments, specifically the truth of the new covenant. | ||
{{quote5 |내용= Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring—those who obey '''God’s commandments''' and hold to the testimony of Jesus. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2012%3A17&version=NIV Revelation 12:17]}} | {{quote5 |내용= Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring—those who obey '''God’s commandments''' and hold to the testimony of Jesus. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2012%3A17&version=NIV Revelation 12:17]}} | ||
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==Those Who Forsake God’s Commandments== | ==Those Who Forsake God’s Commandments== | ||
To those who forsake God’s commandments, God gives “statutes that are not good and laws they cannot live by.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+20%3A25&version=NIV |title=Ezekiel 20:25 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> These are the commandments of men. Just because someone performs an act with the intention of praising and worshiping God does not automatically make it God’s command. Any tradition or teaching of men | To those who forsake God’s commandments, God gives “statutes that are not good and laws they cannot live by.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+20%3A25&version=NIV |title=Ezekiel 20:25 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> These are the commandments of men. Just because someone performs an act with the intention of praising and worshiping God does not automatically make it God’s command. Any tradition or teaching of men that is not commanded by God or supported by the Bible is the “[[Teachings of Men|commandment of men]].” An example of this is [[Jeroboam]], the king of the ancient [[Northern Kingdom of Israel|northern kingdom of Israel]], who called a golden calf image “God” and conducted sacrifices on a date he arbitrarily set.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+12%3A33&version=NIV |title=1 Kings 12:33 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Today, [[Lord’s Day Worship (Sunday Worship)|Sunday worship]], [[Christmas]], [[cross]] reverence, and [[Thanksgiving Day]] are the same examples. When people follow the commandments of men, wisdom and understanding of God vanish<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+29%3A13-14&version=NIV |title=Isaiah 29:13–14 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and ultimately, they worship God in vain.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+15%3A7-9&version=NIV |title=Matthew 15:7–9 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | ||
{{quote5 |내용= He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They '''worship me in vain'''; their teachings are but '''rules taught by men'''.’ You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men.” And he said to them: “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!” |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%207%3A6%E2%80%939&version=NIV Mark 7:6–9]}} | {{quote5 |내용= He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They '''worship me in vain'''; their teachings are but '''rules taught by men'''.’ You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men.” And he said to them: “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!” |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%207%3A6%E2%80%939&version=NIV Mark 7:6–9]}} | ||