The Commands of Christ: What It Really Means to Follow Jesus
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Jesus says in John 15:10-11, “If you keep My commands you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commands and remain in His love. I have spoken these things to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.”
The Commands of Christ is an unpacking of that key promise, a simply powerful presentation of the loving imperatives we sometimes know more by rote than by heart: Love your enemies; Don’t store up treasures on earth; Seek first the kingdom of God; Let your light shine before men, etc.
Tom Blackaby’s focused writing serves as a plumb line of sorts, guiding us toward a vibrant commitment to the Lordship of Christ that better shapes our lives, how we worship, and how we relate to others. You will begin to know more clearly and experience more fully the freedom that comes through obedient acts of love and service to God.
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Top Highlights
“am clearly not suggesting salvation is in any way about doing; it is all about being” (source)
“‘teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you.’” (source)
“It is easy for us to think we are at the center of the universe and that God should accommodate our wishes. This is delusional thinking, if not sacrilegious to some degree. God does not have to meet our expectations, our standards, or follow our instructions and meet our desires. We are the creation; He is the Creator. We follow His expectations, meet His standards, and obey His instructions in order to know Him, serve Him, worship Him, and demonstrate our love for Him.” (source)
“Our first love response in obedience to Christ is to repent; to reorient our lives to Christ, His truth, His ways, and His authority. Every other command builds on this first command to ‘repent and believe.’” (source)
“teach ‘them to observe [practice, implement, follow, demonstrate] everything I have commanded you” (source)