The word from god through which the holy spirit strengthens us in jesus is jude. The more we love and worship god, the more we view life the way he does. Keep yourselves in the love of god usa canada region. Jehovah s witnesses previously offered their literature for a price determined by the branch office in each country, to cover. However, as important as it is to have an accurate knowledge of the truth and to have a regular share in telling others about it, we must also conduct ourselves in harmony with the truth. Many people misunderstand the attribute of gods nature which is love. Jude now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. For this is the love of god, that we keep his commandments.
In one simple sentence, the bible explains how we can show that we love god. Grace and peace to you from god our father and our lord and savior jesus christ. The knowledge that god loves you will keep you going when the next mile seems intolerably long. The next mile is the only one a person really has to make. We cannot keep ourselves in this love unless we have gotten into it.
Praying in the holy spirit, keep yourselves in the love of god. Chapter 3 love those whom god loves chapter 4 why respect authority. How has jehovah shown his love for us, and how do we know that he does not automatically keep us in his love. Keep yourselves in the love of god 49 allows for us to presume that judes audience already had everlasting life. Five steps to keeping yourself in the love of god key verse. May these bible verses for faith in hard times remind you of the strength and peace in truly believing in god to guide and protect you. Nov 23, 2014 jude 2023 keep yourselves in gods love. Third, as i will soon discuss in more detail, v 20 shows that judes desire is for his audience to build themselves up in the faith that is already theirs. Deluxe keep yourselves in gods love study book bound.
Yes, we need to remain in gods love, maintaining a loving bond with our heavenly father. Deb, what a beautiful way to think about love yourself. We are commanded to keep ourselves in his word, and he keeps our hearts. Be prepared that some may cry, sing, dance, etc while experiencing a wave of gods love in a higher degree than they have ever experienced. God is love does not mean that everything is sweet, beautiful, and happy, and that god s love could not possibly allow punishment for. Keep yourselves in the love of god first presbyterian. The unconditional love of god waukesha bible church. We know that in our minds, but often we dont live that way.
Keep yourselves in the love of god, looking for the mercy of our lord jesus christ to eternal life. The bible contains principles and teaches moral standards that can help us remain in gods love. Let us now look in greater detail at these points i. Here are 50 verses of love from god s heart to ours. The governing body of jehovahs witnesses urges all who love jehovah to follow the pattern of jesus, who remained in his fathers love. In a world experiencing wars, rumors of war and dangers of every kind, its comforting to know that god has promised to protect his people. Keep yourselves in gods love watchtower online library.
Life, in this verse, is the life of god or life as god has it. In this lesson, we examine the second greatest commandment. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of god. But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the holy spirit, keep yourselves in the love of. It is also something that we keep ourselves in by training our mind and heart to think on these things. Goodreads members who liked keep yourselves in gods love al. Notice dat jesus remained in gods love by observing his fathers commandments. Chapter 1 this is what the love of god means chapter 2 how can you maintain a good conscience. Nah nah nah nah nah nah i needed a short sermon series to put in between our series on marriage and the beginning of advent next week, so i chose one of the postcards from god near the end of the new testament.
Understanding gods unconditional love understanding god s love. Keep yourselves in the love of god, waiting for the mercy of our lord jesus christ that leads to eternal life v. By praying in the holy spirit, keep yourselves in the love of god. Jude 21 kjv keep yourselves in the love of god, bible gateway. Keep yourself in the love of god banner of truth usa. But without questions, might that take some of the excitement out of the search. Keep yourselves in gods love, while you are waiting for the mercy of our lord jesus christ with everlasting life in view.
As a health coach i talk a lot about selfcare, your 25 way to love yourself gods way is a great thing to think about and use to continue to learn to love yourself. How to make your relationship with god first in your life. Mar 22, 2015 keep yourselves in the love of god first by building yourselves up in the faith, and then do it secondly by praying in the holy spirit. Some folks shy away from such talk, that one of god s people might not keep himself in his love. David, i want you to enter the fullness and joy of my love. In other words, one essential way to keep yourself in the love of god is to pray in the spirit. This book keep yourselve in gods love published in jehovahs witnesses at. Delving deeper into gods love for you world challenge. God s love letter, the bible, breathes grace, strength, hope, and peace. God s love is not stale or complacent to just save some, but he wants to affect as many as possible for his kingdom.
Five steps to keeping ourselves in the love of god sermon. If these things fill your life, you cannot enjoy the fullness of the benefits that god wants to bestow upon you. The third command is, keep yourselves in god s love jude 21a. Discover the best bible verses about faith in this collection of scripture quotes.
You have to know that through it all, the eternal father is still loving you. Keep yourself in the love of god by david wilkerson. When we walk in close fellowship with christ, god s love flows through us to those around us. I will be sharing this post in my savvy circle facebook group. Jude began his epistle by addressing those who are kept or preserved in jesus christ. Jude was half brother to jesus and full brother to james. Deluxe bound keep yourselves in god s love study book in your choice of leathers new release for 08. By supporting the decision of the judicial committee, we may touch the heart of a wrongdoer who thus far has failed to respond to the efforts of the elders to assist him. Resistance is important but if all we do is focus on resisting, we can lose focus on our faith. Keep yourselves in the love of god jesse hendley sermon. Believe the truth he speaks over you in these scriptures. To do that, we need to keep ourselves in god s love.
And the language of the text implies another thing, and that is, that christians are themselves responsible for the preservation, or decay, of this spiritual state. Jude 2021 20 but you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the holy spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of. Download a personal copy of encouraging bible verses for faith in hard times. But the reality of god s love surrounds us day by day, as revealed in these inspiring bible verses about god s love. As i read these verses in jude, i heard the spirit quietly whisper to me. Find books like keep yourselves in gods love from the worlds largest community of readers. To love as god loves is to have a heaven on earth, to see his kingdom on earth even as it is in heaven. The love of god is shed abroad in our hearts by the holy ghost which is given to us rom 5. Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in. Keep yourselves is the greek verb tereo that we saw in verse 1 keep preserve unharmed or undisturbed. B ible verses that describe god s love for us are some of my favorites. God never meant for bible study to simply increase our knowledge. The bible says that god is love, which makes the word of god the perfect source to know what love means and how we can be loving neighbors.
There is no greater enemy to the love of god than to love ourselves 2 timothy 3. And loving others is the only way to keep that god kind of life flowing through you. Keep yourselves in gods love by watch tower bible and tract. Here is where he writes that god is able to keep us from falling. For god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Hard times are no excuse to play the atheist or to grumble against the living god. He ends his epistle by praising, him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless v. Jehovah god has shown his love for us in countless ways. When we begin to look for and then express affirmations regarding the favor of god, we will more often begin to expect and build faith in his favor.
Filled with the hope of salvation, surrounded by god s loving kindness. The bible is filled with the truth of gods love but at times we may wonder how the lord could ever love us. This is an authorized web site of jehovahs witnesses. The one who abides in love abides in god, and god abides in him 1 john 4. Some folks shy away from such talk, that one of gods people might not keep himself in his love. The bible is a revelation of the fact that god is love. The grace of god was being used as a cloak for license, rom. It is true that in spiritual matters we can do nothing successfully without divine aid and influence, but this is as true in the. God s love here could be either god s love for us or our love for god. The bible contains principles and teaches moral standards that can help us remain in god s love. May 11, 2017 but you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the holy spirit, keep yourselves in the love of god, waiting for the mercy of our lord jesus christ that leads to eternal life jude 2021.
Unbelievers do not have faith in christ, and that is their. The governing body of jehovahs witnesses urges all who love jehovah god to learn how to live by the truth contained in his word, the bible. Keep yourselves in the love of god, looking for the mercy of our lord jesus christ unto eternal life. He tells us that jesus is coming again to this world. Your name stamped on lower front right hand corner, and 1 ribbon included at no additional charge. By supporting the decision of the judicial committee, we may touch the heart of a wrongdoer who thus far has failed to respond to the efforts of the elders to. The western skies seemed like a great archipelago of golden islands, the masses in the distance rising up into vast mountains of glory. These are the times you need most to keep yourself in the love of god. Bible students are expected to be making progress to become baptized as a jehovah s witness by the time the course is completed, and may be asked to study a second publication, such as keep yourselves in god s love. For i am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to. Ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the holy ghost, keep yourselves in the love of god, looking for the mercy of our lord jesus christ unto eternal life jude 2021. It is a research tool for publications in various languages produced by jehovahs witnesses.
Though jude tells his readers to keep yourselves in god s love jude 1. Keep yourself from hatred, greed, and envy, for these things are out of harmony with love. This publication will help you to continue to apply bible principles in your life and thus keep yourself in gods love. Keep yourselves in the love of god, waiting for the mercy of our lord jesus christ that leads to eternal life. I hope you enjoy this list of inspirational quotes showing just how much god loves you. Chapter 5 how to keep separate from the world chapter 6 how to choose wholesome entertainment. God is love does not mean that everything is sweet, beautiful, and happy, and that gods love could not possibly allow punishment for sin. Keep yourselves in god s love watch tower bible and tract society on. Hb christian bible study resources, dictionary, concordance and search tools. If we are to be filled with the fullness of god, we must also be full of love, compassion. The spirits desire in this text is for you to taste and see the love of god for his people.
Our righteousness does not come from ourselves, but from god. Equipping and encouraging people to keep believing in jesus now may the god of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the holy spirit. Now just to be clear, jude is not talking about speaking in tongues our some ecstatic way of praying. He that will love god, and keep himself in the love of god, must not be a selflover. When one is on a spiritual quest, these are some of the questions one encounters. This publication will help you to continue to apply bible principles in your life and thus keep yourself in god s love. Many people misunderstand the attribute of god s nature which is love. Then listen with the ears of your heart to the spirits whisper as you complete this bible.
How to make your relationship with god first in your life,whitney hopler read more about spiritual life growth, christian living, and faith. Allow a time of quiet, meditative worship on gods love while the songs are playing. Jesus words on the night before his death answer this question. Keep yourselves in the love of god the love of god is something manifest through christ sacrificial death jn 3. Those rich blessings cannot be given to you if these evil things are hindering what god wants to do. Stay alert by remembering and properly identifying the enemy, v. God says, i have loved you with an everlasting love. This love for ourselves is rooted in an understanding of who we are in christ, and it opens the door to christlike love for others. Hendley jude 21 in the book of jude, verse 21, we read, keep yourselves in the love of god, looking for the mercy of our lord jesus christ unto eternal life. These scripture quotes about love are a compilation of bible verses on loving others, love within marriage, loving enemies, and agape love god s love. Mar 01, 2009 keep yourselves in god s love jude 1723. Jude is writing about the apostasy of the last days. The holy spirit fills us so we can extend unconditional love to others rom.
Then the lord said to me, go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery just like the love of the. Apr 07, 2020 but you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the holy spirit, keep yourselves in the love of god, looking for the mercy of our lord jesus christ unto eternal life jude 2021. At times we all need a little reminder of god s presence and his love for us. Having been created in god s image, we are born with the moral ability of heart to live in communion with our creator, to obey his commands, experience his unconditional love, love him in return and be motivated by that love to.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love. Whichever it is, this command talks about us keeping up our part of a love relationship with god. If ye would keep yourselves in the love of god, be very shy of sin, both in the risings of it, and as to the temptations to it. Keep yourselves in gods love book watchtower online. The more we have faith in his favor the more favor we will receive. Of course, if such a being were to show itself, that would answer all our questions. So if you, too, find yourself in an impossible relationship where the love seems to have run out, ask god to speak to you. We have known and believed the love god hath to us. He who does not love does not know god, for god is love 1 st john 4. What does it mean that god is able to keep us from falling.