“By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.” (1 John 2:3) “The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him…” (1 John 2:4) “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.” (1 John 5:3) “So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.” (Revelation 12:17) “Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12) Evidently, as seen by these (and many more) Scriptures in both the Older and Newer Testaments of the Bible: obedience to His commandments is the evidence of your love for Him. It is evidence you have a relationship with Him. It is not many prayers, speaking in tongues, lifting up your hands, many words, many songs, many good deeds (apart from the Torah – and even that is conditioned by your motives) that show that you have a relationship with Him! It is your obedience to His commandments that does! So you may wonder, and the question you need to ask yourself: “Am I truly one of His? Do I truly know Him?” The answer is found in 1 John 2, a passage which tells us how we can know that we truly know Him: “3By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: 6 the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. 7 Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.”
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