Joh 14:15 "If you love Me, obey My commandments.

Col 2:6 And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow Him.

Col 2:7 Let your roots grow down into Him, and let your lives be built on Him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

Col 2:8 Don't let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.

Col 2:9 For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.

Col 2:10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

Col 2:11 When you came to Christ, you were "circumcised," but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.

Col 2:12 For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with Him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.

Col 2:13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for He forgave all our sins.

Col 2:14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.

Luk 6:46 "So why do you keep calling Me 'Lord, Lord!' when you don't do what I say?

     All of these are mere words to anyone who does not know Christ. But to a believer they are words to check your own heart by. Jesus said , If you love Me. How many people profess to loving Christ? There are so many that I know you could never count them all. How many people do you know that call Jesus Lord Lord? Again as many, probably, that say they love Him. But Jesus says, If, you love me why don't you do what I say?

      In Christ dwells all of the fullness of God. Correct? Where do we say Christ lives? In our hearts. Then why do we do the things we know are right? Because we love Him. Then why don't we do the things we know that are right? Is it because we only love Him part time when it is convenient? And when we just want to openly and blatantly disobey Him are we saying I hate you God? No, we are simply saying I love me more.

     We were dead because of our sins, correct? Did Christ cancel all of the records of charges against us? Yes! Can we trust that He has forgiven all of our sins? Of course we can! Then we can certainly trust Him that we were raised to a new life in him and that God, The Holy Spirit, will empower us to live a life that is victorious in Christ? Without a doubt, well maybe a little doubt, ok most of the time a lot of doubt. But doesn't He still continue making us alive anyway? Yes, Of course He does. If He didn't we would all be hell bound sinners.

     So it all comes back to one word, LOVE. 1Jn 4:15 All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. 1Jn 4:16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in His love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

1Jn 4:17 And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face Him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. Again with all the love. As we live in God our love grows more perfect . Isn't that what we want? Perfection in our lives! 1Jn 4:18 Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced His perfect love. Do we really want to fear punishment? I don't! I want to live and be alive in Christ! My desire is to be cut off from MY sinful desire! The question is, what do you want?