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“If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love…These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full” (John 15:10-11).
The Lord Jesus wants our joy to be full. He tells us how this can happen; we need to live in the enjoyment of His love. But how can we do this? It is very simple; we must obey His commandments. This does not mean commandments like the law in the Old Testament, where they had a set of rules, and were told to do this, and not to do that. Rather, the New Testament commandments are simply what pleases the Lord. He tells us what will please Him, and now we have a new life that wants to do those things. More than this, we are indwelt with the Holy Spirit that gives us the energy to do these things.
When we do what pleases the Lord, we live in the enjoyment of His love, and we have full joy in our hearts. A life that is lived to please the Lord is a happy life, even if He asks us to do some hard things!
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