"We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. "
These three verses reminded me of three verses we studied in James that I wanted to share.
James 1:23-25: Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
I want to live like Jesus, but I need to look in that mirror each day and see that I am not, so I can lean on him once again, because I cannot live like him, without him. And I am reminded that his perfect law gives freedom! It seems backward, but it isn't. The law isn't just to show us our sin, it is also meant as a blessing to us. It is light for our path! :)
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