...am bought with a price ! — " Lord ! what wilt thou have me to do?" I heard him fay in his word, " If ye love me, keep my commandments./ " Ye are my friends, if ye dp whatfoever I command you." — and " Why call ye me, Lord! Lord! and do not the things that I fay...

...counterfeit. Obedience is the fruit, by which Christ himself requires his people to evidence their love. If ye love me, keep my commandments. — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you*. Obedience is the fruit by which, if you love Christ, you evidence your love....

...expected his friends should obey his commands from a sense of his kindness, as well as of his authority. "If ye love me keep my commandments. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. If a man love me, he will keep my words." The apostle and the primitive christians...

...me." Our Savior made obedience to him, the infallible test and highest evidence of true love to him. " If ye love me, keep my commandments. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." It is by obedience, that good men exhibit the highest evidence to the world,...

...important enquiries. He has given us solid marks whereby to judge of our true state and character. " If ye love me, keep my commandments" — " ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you" — " follow me." As love is the surest evidence of faith; so obedience is...

...important inquiries. He has given us solid marks whereby to judge of our true state and character: " If ye love me, keep my commandments"—" ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you" —"follow me." As love is the surest evidence of faith; so obedience is...

...nor can we make the profession in a manner more decided or more solemn. But what says our Saviour ? " If ye love me, keep my commandments. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." Obedience, then, is the test of our sincerity. And hence St. John says,...

...thing to except against that measure and character of loyal affection to your Redeemer and Lord, " If ye love me, keep my commandments ;" " Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you ;" " This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments ?" Do you not...

...thing to except against that measure and character of loyal affection to your Redeemer and Lord, " If ye love me, keep my commandments ;" " Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you ;" " This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments ?" Do you not...

...expected his friends would obey Ins commands from a sense of his kindness, as well as of his authority. " If ye love me keep my commandments." " Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." " If a man love me, he will keep my words." The apostle and the primitive...