“By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. The one who says, ‘I have come to know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. (1 John 2:3-6 NASB1995)

Faith in Jesus Christ is not in words only, and it is not of human flesh. The faith that is required of God for us to have salvation from sin and eternal life with God, and to be in relationship with Jesus Christ, first of all comes from God. And it is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of God’s requirement that we be crucified with Christ in death to sin, and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as servants of God in obedience to his commands, in holy living, in the power of God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24]

Therefore, if we profess faith in Jesus Christ with our lips, and we claim that we have come to know the Lord, by faith in him, but we do not obey the Lord and his New Covenant commands, in practice, then we are liars who do not live by the truth. And this is not saying that we will never sin (see 1 John 2:1-2), or that we will never fail God, or that there might never come a time in our lives when we fall away and need to be brought back to repentance. All those are possible scenarios which are biblically supported, but which do require that we repent (turn from) our sin and we now obey our Lord.

For it is not those who profess faith in Jesus Christ with their lips only who have salvation from sin and the hope of eternal life with God. It is all who obey the Lord and his commands, in practice, by the grace of God, and who no longer make sin their practice, who have the promise of salvation from sin and eternal life with God. For in Jesus’ death on that cross he put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will die to sin and obey our Lord’s commands, in the power of God, and that we might walk in the ways of the Lord out of a desire to please him and to do his will.

[Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 5:3-6; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Your Grace Divine

An Original Work / November 6, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

All I have is Yours, Lord.
You gave all to me,
When You died at Calv’ry
On that cruel tree.
Crucified for my sins;
You paid what I owe,
So I’d be forgiven;
My God come to know.
All I have is Yours, Lord.
You gave all to me,
When You died at Calv’ry
On that cruel tree.

Lord, I am so thankful
For Your grace divine.
I invited You, Lord,
In this heart of mine.
I have been forgiven
For all of my sins,
So I’d live with Jesus;
His grace flow within.
Lord, I am so thankful
For Your grace divine.
I invited You, Lord,
In this heart of mine.

Growing in Your grace, Lord;
Live for You each day;
How I love to worship
You throughout my day.
Sitting at Your feet, Lord,
List’ning to You speak,
Leads me to love You, Lord,
More throughout the week.
Growing in Your grace, Lord;
Live for You each day;
How I love to worship
You throughout my day.

If We Keep His Commandments
An Original Work / February 26, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love