THE ADVOCATE PROMISED (John 14:15-31)

15. If ye love me keep my commandments.

This is not. command, but. declaration that if his disciples love him they will obey him. See Revised Version. Obedience is the fruit of love. Disobedience is the proof that love is not in the heart. "This is the love of God," or proof of the love of God, "that you keep his commandments." 1 John 5:3. The faithful outward observance of the will of Christ is. proof of. heart filled with his love, and therefore fitted to enjoy the promise contained in the next verse that depends on the condition of faithful obedience.

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