14:23
Jesus again talks about what it means to love Him, and sentimentality is out of the window. The proof of loving Jesus is keeping His word, which is the same as keeping the Father’s word. If we do so the Father will love us. Believing in and obeying Jesus is the “method” that the Father has specified. Remember at the time that the Jewish religious leaders taught that following the Law was the way to please God, and this was a deeply ingrained belief in society of the time. Jesus is the only way to the Father. “And we will come to him and make our home with him”. This is revolutionary. God comes to dwell with an individual. This indwelling takes place through the Holy Spirit. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are completely united and speak and act with one voice, but they are also distinct.
14:24
“Whoever does not love me.” We now get the converse, and it is a clear warning to all who think they can disregard, or completely overturn, the Bible’s teaching on sexual ethics. Or any other area of Biblical teaching, for that matter. And the words we hear from Jesus are also the word of the Father. Jesus had previously said that He only spoke what He heard the Father say, and only did what He saw the Father do. When we see or hear Jesus we see or hear God.
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