23/08/2026
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John 14:15 KJV
โIf ye love me, keep my commandments.โ
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐บ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ด๐ช ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต.
๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ข ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ข, ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ.
1 ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ (v. 15)
โIf ye love meโฆโ
Our love for Christ means choosing Him above everything else. He should be the first person we love, honor, and prioritize. True love for Jesus is not divided.
2 ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ (vv. 15, 21)
โโฆkeep my commandments.โ
Love for Christ is shown through obedience. We don't obey Him because we are afraid of punishment, but because we love Him and desire to please Him. Our obedience is evidence of our love.
3 ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ (v. 8 )
โAnd ye shall be witnesses unto meโฆโ
When we truly love Christ and obey Him, we can experience victory through Him. Our victory is not because we are strong enough on our own, but because Christ gives us the power to overcome and remain faithful.
What does victory in Christ look like?
โข Victory over fear โ We can stand for Christ even when we are afraid.
โข Victory over trials โ Difficulties may come, but they don't have to defeat us.
โข Victory in witnessing โ Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can boldly share Christ with others.
4 ๐๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ (v. 31)
โBut that the world may know that I love the Fatherโฆโ
Jesus willingly followed the Fatherโs will because of His love for the Father. Even when obedience meant suffering, He did it willingly and lovingly.
Enjoying for Christ means finding joy in loving, serving, and obeying Him. Christian life is not meant to be lived as a burden or obligation. When we truly love Christ, serving Him becomes something we can joyfully do for His glory.
Sunday Service
August 23, 2026
Ptr. Fidel A.