What’s a Biblical way of testing our love for Christ?

Jesus says this in John 14:15-17, “If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.”

The crystal clear message from Jesus is, IF we love Him, then it won’t be any kind of a burden to live in obedience to what He’s shown us.

This is especially true for you and me, since the prophetic part of his statement came true after His resurrection from the dead … when we received the Holy Spirit after surrendering ownership of our lives to Him the moment we were saved.

We’ve been provided a supernatural Helper, and Comforter, and Advocate, and Counselor, and Intercessor, and Strengthener … Who is always available to help us overcome each and every situation and circumstance we face.

The Apostle Paul explains it this way in Ephesians 1:13-14, “In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned and protected [by God]. The Spirit is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of God’s own possession [His believers], to the praise of His glory.”

I’m so thankful for the way in which the Lord has chosen to communicate to all who will listen, just how He will help us by literally living within us!

We can overcome everything the world and our adversary the devil throws at us, IF we choose to obey the One who chose to die on the cross for our sins … so that we can live with Him forever!!