Obedience from Love: Grace Changes Your Motive

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Main Scripture

John 14:15 (KJV)  “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”

 

Supporting Scriptures

1 John 5:3 KJV  “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”

 

Romans 6:17  KJV:  “But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.”

 

Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV:     “And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”

 

Devotional

Fear-driven obedience feels heavy. Love-driven obedience feels different.

Many people obey God because they fear punishment. But Jesus said obedience flows from love. When grace enters the heart, motives shift.

In Luke 7 KJV, the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet with tears loved much because she had been forgiven much. Her obedience was not forced—it was gratitude.

From a counseling perspective, behavior that flows from internal love is sustainable. Behavior driven by fear eventually collapses. Grace rewires the heart.

When you know you are loved, obedience becomes worship—not pressure.

 

 

Reflection Question

Is your obedience rooted in fear—or in love?

 

 

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A CALL TO SALVATION:

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Romans 10:9-10⁹That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.

 John 3:5-6⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. ⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷      

 

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