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If You Love Me

John 14:15

Jesus said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” The order matters. Obedience does not purchase love. Love, when it is real, moves toward obedience. The two belong together. A profession of love that consistently refuses the will of the One loved is still incomplete.

How you’d preach it

Obedience is not the price of love; it is one of love’s expressions.

  • Obedience
  • Love
  • Discipleship

John 14

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