Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
Keeping The Commandments Of Jesus
Text: John 15: 10
KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS
The word of Jesus may also be understood as His “commandments”. The teachings of Jesus are not just wise sayings. They were meant to be kept carefully as “commandments”.
“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.”
John 15:10
1. Another big “If”
a. The keeping of the commandments of Jesus must not be assumed.
b. The idea of “if” in this verse is the same as in John 15:7.
i. “If you abide in Me”
ii. “If you keep My commandments”
c. The keeping of His commandments must be proven or demonstrated.
d. The keeping of Jesus’ commandments is never a mere verbal declaration.
2. “If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love”
a. First, we must know His commandments.
b. We must then treasure His word by hiding it in our heart.
c. Finally, we must seek to practise keeping His word in our life in practical ways.
d. Then we will truly be able to say that we are abiding in His love.
3. “Just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love”
a. Jesus offered His own personal example to His Disciples.
b. He knew His Father’s commandments.
c. He had kept His Father’s commandments.
d. Thus, He was able to abide in His Father’s love.
4. The practical ways in which Jesus kept His Father’s commandments
a. He obeyed every word His Father gave to Him.
b. No matter how difficult it was to keep His Father’s commandments:
i. He was prepared to fulfil all God had commanded.
ii. He was prepared to work diligently and faithfully.
iii. He was prepared to suffer much pain.
iv. He was even prepared to die for mankind in obedience to His Father’s will.
经文：约翰福音 15：10
遵守耶稣的命令耶稣的话语也能够被视为祂的“命令”。耶稣的教训不单是富有智慧的话语。我们应该把祂的教训当作 “命令” 来小心遵守。
“你们若遵守我的命令，就常在我的爱里，正如我遵守了我父的命令，常在他的爱里。”
《约翰福音 15：10》