In the great and mighty BLESSING of the Lord, that the Lord promised to them that faithfully obeyed Him and kept His commandments (Deuteronomy 28:1-14) every area of life God covered with His presence, power, favor, and goodness. Keeping the commandments of God in the old covenant was the way to become the blessed of God and remain in the blessings of the Lord.
In the new covenant Jesus said it worked this way. In John 14:21 He said, "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who really loves Me. And he who loves Me (which as Jesus said is the one who keeps Christ Words in obedience), will BE LOVED BY MY FATHER, and I will love him and MANIFEST MYSELF TO HIM. This MANIFESTATION is God and Jesus being mightily real to you. This is THE BLESSING SECRET AND SOURCE.
This that Jesus said, "shall be loved of My Father," is not the same love as in John 3:16. John 3:16 is Gods love for the sinner, for the lost world, to bless them with salvation by faith unto eternal life and not to perish. But being loved by the Father in John 14:21 for obeying what Jesus tells you to do IS (A BLESS YOU LOVE FOR HIS DISCIPLES). IT IS FOR THOSE THAT ARE THE BELIEVING WHO SERVE JESUS AND REALLY FAITHFULLY DO WHAT JESUS TELLS THEM TO DO DAY UNTO DAY. They love, live, speak and do all things by Jesus, for Jesus, thru Jesus, and commanded by Jesus.
Being loved by God and Jesus for obeying Jesus in all things is REWARDING LOVE. It is the Father and Jesus MANIFESTING themselves to the obedient amongst the believing (Important light just said). He said, He who loves Me, the Father will notice that he obeys Me, and the Father will love that obedient son/servant and I WILL LOVE HIM and MANIFEST MYSELF TO HIM.
Psalms 37:4) Delight yourself in the Lord (Which means love Him obediently) and He will give you the desires of your heart....This is God manifesting Himself to you thru the REWARD. Granting and giving you what you desire.
In the New Covenant we have the same promise put to us by Jesus in John 15:7) Jesus said, IF, ( IF,Hugest littlelest word in the whole world), IF you abide in Me and My Words abide in you, (meaning you believe and obey His words), you will ASK WHAT YOU DESIRE AND WILL, and it shall be granted and done for you.
If our prayers are not being answered, there is basically two robbing forces active in us. They are, measures of unbelief, and areas of disobedience/sin. Some way some how we are not abiding in Jesus' Words properly.
When we love God we obey God. God said if My people will seek me with their WHOLE HEART, it is then they will find me. The bible says in Revelations that those who in their commitment to serving Christ are lukewarm, God will spew them out of His mouth. Well if we are half hearted with God, He is not then in the mood to answer our prayers. How could the Lord who is ready to spew you out of your mouth be so inclined to hear your worldly prayer wishes. Let us Repent........deno
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