"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. "If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. "These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full." (John 15:9-11)
As I was reading this passage I started to wonder how I could "abide" in his love. As I continued reading, Jesus' words there was the answer in black and white - "If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love." And when you abide in His love His joy will be in us and our joy will be full. So this begs the question, what are his commandments? In verse 12 we read, "this is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." And the expression of this love for others can be summed up in verse 13, "greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends."
Therefore, as we sacrificially love others, we will be abiding in His love which, in turn, will give us joy!
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