“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you”(Matthew 28:20)
The Greek word translated keep is tereo, which means “to guard, to watch, to observe closely, to hold fast.” This same word is used to describe the care that the Philippian jailer was to exercise in keeping Paul and Silas from escaping.
During the times of wind-driven ships, navigators would use the phrase keeping the stars. This meant that they would use the stars to chart a course across the ocean. This is precisely how the commands of Christ are to be used: as dependable lights for charting a course throughout life.
Here is a short list of the commands the disciples of Christ should seek to obey and set as a course upon which their lives are driven – If one where to live up too and obey these commands in their everyday life – the world around them would be influenced by the fragrance of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Kingdom being poured out as from broken vessels:
Always showing Our Love for Christ
“If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15).
Their life must Abide in God’s Love
“If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love” (John 15:10).
They must always be perfecting God’s Love
“Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him” (I John 2:5).
Be filled with the Spirit
“If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him” (John 14:23).
Experiencing God’s Love
“He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father…” (John 14:21).
Knowing Christ Intimately
“…And I will love him, and will manifest myself to him” (John 14:21). “Hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments” (I John 2:3).
They must be a Truthful Witness
“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him” (I John 2:4).
Truly be a Friend of Jesus
“Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants… for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you” (John 15:14–15).
Faith to see their Prayers Answered
“Whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight” (I John 3:22).
Life of Bearing Much Fruit
“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples”(John 15:7–8).
Being Joyful at All Times
“These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full” (John 15:11).
Cleansing the Heart and Soul
“Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you”(John 15:3–4). “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” (John 17:17).
They must demonstrate love for One Another
“By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous” (I John 5:2–3).
Being a True Disciple
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:34–35).
They must Demonstrate Ultimate Love
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:12–13).
They must be obedient of the Great Commission
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19–20).
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