{ Rev. 4:11.}
We must seek to please our Creator. How can we do this? “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6. We must believe our Makers word. He also says “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15. In another place, he says “ Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”
{ Matthew 5:48.}
To be obedient, Tony, DC/Winston, we must follow instructions of our Heavenly Father, as we were obedient to our earthly parents and grandparents. Reaching this perfect state, means following this also, “ But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.”
{James 5:12.}
None of us want to be condemned after all this headache. We must live good, perfected lives here, on earth, in preparation for the next, better Kingdom, an Heavenly. Here is stated “ He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.” “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and….”
{Rev 21:7,8.}
How can we become His sons and daughters? “ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
{1John 1:9.}
We now need to be in Christ, by “ And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. [4] He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. [5] But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.”
{ 1John 2:3-5.}
Why should we love God? “ We love him, because he first loved us.” “ He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” “ No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” “ Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.”
{1John 4:19,8,12,15,16.}
One way we can prove our love to God, which is not difficult, is by allowing Him to live in us, and we live in Him. “ For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”
{1John 5:3.}
God is good, He is merciful says
{Psalms 136.}
, and He is Just. “Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.”
{Psalms 89:14.}
May God help us all learn how we may be permitted into His Kingdom. http://tinyurl.com/mtlhtox