Davar Kingdom Of God

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love (John 15:9). The key to a joyous life with full of thanksgiving in spite of all the struggles on earth lies in this truth of one command—“Now remain in my love.” So often, we struggle and try to love Jesus more thinking that our salvation and God’s blessings depend upon our love for him. Is it really a right attitude? Read and say the above command again and again, and meditate on what he means. These words were spoken in his farewell speech to his disciples the night before he was crucified. The whole speech was given as a covenant, which he made with his disciples including us today, and John recorded it as such. A covenant is a pledge of love made by two partners. To make a covenant means to enter into this pledge of mutual love. It is expressed above as “Now remain in my love.” However, what is so special about this covenant and different from the old one is that it does not depend upon the love of the disciples, but Jesus’ lo