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June 4
Wednesday


DON'T GO
DOWN THERE

READ:
John 14:15-24
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This is love, that we
walk according to His
commandments.__2 John 1:6
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In his book Lessons Learned Early, Jerry Jenkins tells a story about his freshman year in college. It was 1968, a year of tremendous political and social upheaval in the US.

Riots had broken out in many major cities. From the rooftop of his dorm in Chicago, Jerry heard sirens and saw fires burning. Students had been told to stay on campus, but Jerry wanted to see what was happening.

As he ran toward a store that was blazing a few blocks away, a police car pulled up beside him. "Don't go down there," the officer warned.

Jerry waited till the car pulled away and then kept walking. The officer returned. This time he made it more clear as he repeated, "Don't go down there"__and leveled a shotgun out the window.

Our rebellious or willful streaks often lead to unhappy outcomes. In anger, Moses struck the rock to get water rather than just speak to it as God had commanded. He forfeited the privilege of entering the Promised Land with his people (Nu. 20:7-12). Jonah disobeyed an order to go to Nineveh and was given 3 days to think about his choice__inside a big fish (Jonah 1).

what does it take for us to obey Him? Will we obey simply because we love Him? (John 14:15,21). __Cindy Hess Kasper
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````````````````Nothing between, like worldly pleasure:````````````
```````````````Habits of life, though harmless they seem,```````````
````````````````Must not my heart from Him ever sever__``````````
`````````````He is my all! There's nothing between. __Tindley```````
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Obedience is another word for love and loyalty.

****************Today's Bible reading __ John 14:15-24************

15 "If you love Me, keep
My commandments. 16 And
I will pray the Father, and
He will give you another
Helper, that He may abide
with you forever__ 17 the
Spirit of truth, whom the
world cannot receive,
because it neither sees Him
nor knows Him; but you
know Him, for He dwells
with you and will be in you.

18 I will not leave you
orphans; I will come to you.

19 A little while longer and
the world will see Me no
more, but you will see Me.
Because I live, you will live
also. 20 At that day you will
know that I am in My
Father, and you in Me, and
I in you. 21 He who has My
commandments and keeps
them, it is he who loves
Me. And he who loves Me
will be loved by My Father,
and i will love him and
manifest Myself to him.


22 Judas (not Iscariot) said
to Him, Lord, how is it
that You will manifest
Yourself to us, and not to
the world?"

23 Jesus answered and said
to him, "If anyone loves
Me, he will keep My word;
and My Father will love
him, and We will come to
him and make Our home
with him. 24 He who does
not love Me does not keep
My words; and the word
which you hear is not Mine
but the Father's who sent
Me."

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John 14:15-24 lies at the very heart of Christ's Upper Room
Discourse," His final extended teaching time with His disciples
before going to the cross. In today's Bible reading, our Lord is
unfolding what it means to truly love Him. Loving Christ is, at least
in part, displayed by the spiritual obedience of those who know and
experience the love of the Father (vv.15,23). __Bill Crowder