God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
By obeying the twofold
commandment, we must bear twofold fruit
Believers
in Jesus, who already possess eternal life
by
trusting in Jesus, the disciples of our Lord Jesus,
when
they love our God with all their heart, soul, and mind,
and
love their neighbor as themselves (Matthew 22:37, 39),
bear
the twofold fruit according to Jesus's twofold commandment.
This
twofold fruit is participating in the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4),
meaning
becoming more like Jesus through the sanctification of the Holy Spirit,
and
bearing the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23),
which
includes love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
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