[ John 14:15 - 14:21 ] - hymn 312 Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. [ JOHN 14:21 NLT ] During our wedding ceremony, our minister said to me, ¡°Do you promise to love, honor, and obey your husband, until death do you part?¡± Glancing at my fiancé, I whispered, ¡°Obey?¡± We¡¯d built our relationship on love and respect—not blind obedience, as the vows seemed to suggest. My husband¡¯s father captured on film that wide-eyed moment when I processed the word obey and said, ¡°I do.¡±
Over the years, God has shown me that my resistance to the word obey had nothing to do with the incredibly complex relationship between a husband and wife. I¡¯d understood obey to mean ¡°subjugated¡± or ¡°forced submission,¡± which Scripture doesn¡¯t support. Rather, the word obey in the Bible expresses the many ways we can love God. As my husband and I celebrate thirty years of marriage, through the power of the Holy Spirit we¡¯re still learning to love Jesus and each other.
When Jesus said, ¡°If you love me, obey my commandments¡± (JOHN 14:15 NLT), He showed us that obedience to the Scriptures would be the result of an ongoing loving and intimate relation- ship with Him (VV. 16-21).
Jesus¡¯ love is selfless, unconditional, and never forceful or abusive. As we follow and honor Him in all our relationships, the Holy Spirit can help us see obedience to Him as a wise and loving act of trust and worship. XOCHITL DIXON | | [ ¿äÇѺ¹À½ 14:15 - 14:21 ] - Âù¼Û°¡ 312 Àå ³ªÀÇ °è¸íÀ» ÁöÅ°´Â ÀÚ¶ó¾ß ³ª¸¦ »ç¶ûÇÏ´Â ÀÚ´Ï [¿äÇѺ¹À½ 14:21] ³» °áÈ¥½Ä Áß¿¡ ¸ñ»ç´ÔÀÌ ¡°Á×À½ÀÌ °¥¶ó³õÀ» ¶§±îÁö ³²ÆíÀ» »ç¶ûÇÏ°í Á¸°æÇÏ¸ç ¼øÁ¾Çϱâ·Î ¾à¼ÓÇմϱî?¡± ÇÏ°í ¹°¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ³ª´Â ¾àÈ¥ÀÚ¸¦ È골 ÃÄ´Ùº¸¸ç ¡°¼øÁ¾Ç϶ó°í¿ä?¡±¶ó°í ¼Ó»è¿´½À´Ï´Ù. ¿ì¸®´Â »ç¶û°ú Á¸°æÀ¸·Î ¸Î¾îÁø °ÍÀÌÁö, °áÈ¥¼¾àÀÌ ¾Ï½ÃÇÏ´Â °Íó·³ ¸Í¸ñÀûÀÎ ¼øÁ¾À¸·Î ¸Î¾îÁø °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï±â ¶§¹®À̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ½Ã¾Æ¹öÁö´Â ³»°¡ ±× ¡®¼øÁ¾Ç϶󡯴 ´Ü¾îÀÇ Àǹ̸¦ »ý°¢ÇÏ¸é¼ ¡°¿¹¡±¶ó°í ´ë´äÇÏ´ø, ´«ÀÌ ÈÖµÕ±×·¹Áø ±× ¼ø°£À» ¿µ»ó¿¡ ´ã¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù.
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