Bryant Hewitt Worthy of.....

If You Love Me, Obey My Commandments John 14:15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.” At first glance, this doesn’t appear to be worthy of being on anyone’s top 10 list of Bible verses on love, but wait…let me explain why I chose this one. We display our love for others when they ask us to do something and we do it willingly because we love them. If we truly love Jesus, why wouldn’t we want to please Him by obeying what He has told us to do? Obedience is preferred over sacrifice (1 Sam 15:22). Samuel asks a rhetorical question in this verse: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.” God would rather have a person obey Him than to offer many or costly sacrifices because obedience shows respect and love for the one to whom it is given.