Proverbs 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
.. ‘ As we hear The Word it perfects us in love ‘. This is how we love.. we love one another and we love The Lord with all our heart soul and mind. It is drawn from God’s Word and .. The Word of God has to be revealed to us in our hearts. If we are to bear the fruit of our walk and commitment to our Lord it is on the basis of how we hear. This is why it is so imperative that we walk close with Him, that our hearts are right with Him, that we fellowship daily with Him in our closets because all of that enables the Word of God to do that work within our hearts..
1 John 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected:..
.. So he gives us a clear understanding of how this works. ‘ Whoever keeps His Word ‘ in other words ‘ holds to it, listens to it, holds it in the heart ‘ – that’s what it means – ‘ truly the love of God is perfected. (worked) ‘ God’s love is working in us and through us as we keep and remain faithful to The Word of God and to what God puts in our path in our everyday walk. God’s love is also working in our quiet times with Him and when we read the Word and when we come together in fellowship and hear The Word of God.
.. hereby know we that we are in him..
.. So how do we know that we are in Him? ‘ By keeping His Word ‘ It’s not rocket science. If you know that you belong to The Lord and you are in Him then He says you will know this by the way you keep His Word – the way you listen to His Word, by the way you allow His Word to do that changing work within.. .. ..
1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
1 John 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Psalm 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
