If We Obey His Commands

1 John 2:1-2 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

 

If Anyone Does Sin

 

The whole purpose of why Jesus Christ died on that cross was to put our sins to death with him. And he put our sins to death with him and he rose from the dead in victory over sin, death, hell, and Satan so that, by biblical faith in him, we will now deny self, die to sin, and walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commandments (New Covenant) as a matter of life practice, by the Spirit, in the power of God. Therefore, we are to be dead to sin and alive to God and to obeying his commands in life practice, by God’s grace.

 

But this is not a guarantee that we will never sin again. We are still human. So we are still susceptible to sin. So, if we do sin, Jesus Christ is our advocate to God the Father. We do not lose our salvation if we should happen to sin. But please don’t stop reading there. For the Scriptures make it abundantly clear that if we continue in sin and in disobedience to our Lord and his commandments, and if righteousness, holiness, and obedience to our Lord are not what we practice, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

 

1 John 2:3-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. 4If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: 6Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

 

If We Keep His Commandments

 

So, it all comes down to what we practice. What is our lifestyle? Are our lives committed to obedience to our Lord and to his commands and to no longer living as slaves to sin? Or do we take God’s grace for granted thinking that now that we have been forgiven our sins that we can go on living in sin and God is still going to let us into his heaven? And this is where we need to know what the Scriptures teach us on that subject, for faith in Jesus Christ is not permission to keep living in sin and in disobeying God’s commands.

 

So, the way in which we can be sure that we have come to know Christ, and that our faith is genuine biblical faith which saves and which promises eternal life with God, is if we keep (obey) our Lord’s commands (New Covenant). We do NOT have to keep the Old Covenant liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, circumcision, dietary, and Sabbath laws. But we still need to keep God’s moral laws. Sin must no longer be our practice, but obedience to our Lord must now be what we practice, in the power of God.

 

Therefore, if we claim that we know God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – by a profession of faith in him, but sin and disobedience to our Lord’s commands are still what we practice, by habit, by lifestyle, then we are liars who do not live by the truth. Might we still sin sometimes? It is possible. But we should no longer be engaged in deliberate and habitual sin. So we need to be people of God who obey our Lord’s commands in life practice. And Jesus Christ is our model for how we are to live in righteous and holy living.

 

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 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 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

 

If We Obey His Commands

An Original Work / July 18, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Trust and Obey 

 

Words by John H. Sammis, 1887

Music by Daniel B. Towner, 1887

 

When we walk with the Lord

in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,

He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

 

Not a shadow can rise,

not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear,

not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

 

Not a burden we bear,

not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss,

not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.

 

But we never can prove

the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows,

for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

 

Then in fellowship sweet

We will sit at His feet.
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way.
What He says we will do,

Where He sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust and obey.

 

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

 

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