“I do what My Father commands Me so that the world will know that I love the Father. Arise, let us go from here.” [1]
Jesus went to Gethsemane knowing that arrest, trial, torture, and crucifixion would follow, but He did so out of obedience to His Father. Obedience to God’s will is the love language of Christ.
Prior to the statement above, Jesus told His disciples, “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.” [2]
Jesus showed us to love our Heavenly Father by knowing and doing His will. Jesus told us to love Him by keeping His commandments. Obedience is the love language of Christ.
This morning, I read in Genesis 44:30-33 how Judah offered to take his brother’s punishment so that his brother, Benjamin, could go free.
It was from the line of Judah that Jesus was born. In this passage, Judah was a type of Christ.
Judah was mainly concerned for his father’s heart. Judah knew that his father could not live without Benjamin. So, he pleaded, “My father’s life is bound up in the lad’s life. When he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die. Therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.”
Jesus Christ knew that our Heavenly Father’s heart was bound up with us. So, Jesus took the punishment for our sin so that we might be reunited with God. Jesus came to our rescue because He knew the Father did not want a heaven without us.
The law Jesus wants us to keep is the love-laws for God and neighbor. On these two commandments, said Jesus, hang all the law and prophets. [3]
[1] John 14:31
[2] John 14:21
[3] Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus went to Gethsemane knowing that arrest, trial, torture, and crucifixion would follow, but He did so out of obedience to His Father. Obedience to God’s will is the love language of Christ.
Prior to the statement above, Jesus told His disciples, “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.” [2]
Jesus showed us to love our Heavenly Father by knowing and doing His will. Jesus told us to love Him by keeping His commandments. Obedience is the love language of Christ.
This morning, I read in Genesis 44:30-33 how Judah offered to take his brother’s punishment so that his brother, Benjamin, could go free.
It was from the line of Judah that Jesus was born. In this passage, Judah was a type of Christ.
Judah was mainly concerned for his father’s heart. Judah knew that his father could not live without Benjamin. So, he pleaded, “My father’s life is bound up in the lad’s life. When he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die. Therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.”
Jesus Christ knew that our Heavenly Father’s heart was bound up with us. So, Jesus took the punishment for our sin so that we might be reunited with God. Jesus came to our rescue because He knew the Father did not want a heaven without us.
The law Jesus wants us to keep is the love-laws for God and neighbor. On these two commandments, said Jesus, hang all the law and prophets. [3]
[1] John 14:31
[2] John 14:21
[3] Matthew 22:37-40
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