As Christians, we have feelings for Christ. We see His love for us, and it touches our hearts. But do we love Him the way He desires us to? Let us learn from the Master Teacher how to love Him more deeply.
Christ said, “If a man love Me, he will keep my words” (John 14:23). Let’s dive a bit deeper. Let’s focus on the words “keep” and “words.”
“Keep” is translated from the Greek word that means “to guard from attacks.” The word “words” is translated from the word logos. This is the same “logos” used in the famous verse of John 1:1. “In the beginning was the Logos…and the Logos was God.” The logos is the mind of Christ. It is His thoughts and words of His purpose and plan.
Therefore, Christ is saying, If a man loves Me, he will guard the logos; he will guard the Word, the mind of Christ, from any assaults from the enemy. He will stand guard against any attack on His thoughts and His mind. Guarding the logos means not allowing the enemy to sully His purpose and plan.
Starting with Our Own Minds
And it starts with us. First, we must start by guarding our own minds from the attacks of the devil. This entails putting on the “whole armor of God.” We, with the Spirit’s help, must start “casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (II Cor. 10:5). This is guarding the Logos.
Since we are to have the same mind of Christ, we are to guard His thoughts that are developing within our own mind. We do this through purging and pruning away old false concepts about Him. We then begin to share the truth by the Holy Spirit. This truth is found in His thoughts concerning His kingdom.
The mind of Christ is the Logos. It is the whole plan and purpose of God. We are to guard this truth, this Logos, in our own minds and then protect it as we grow spiritually for His sake. He said, “If a man loves Me, he will keep [guard] my words [logos]…” He is saying, The person who loves Me will watch, guard and protect the Logos. He will stand watch and guard the mind of Christ. By this, we show Him our belief and dedication to His cause. This is us abiding in Him.
When we guard the Logos, then something wonderful happens. Christ says, “And My Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him” (Jn 14:23). This is God abiding in us.
First, it is us abiding in Him. This opens the door to Him abiding in us. Again, this glorious presence happens when Christ sees us guarding His logos, when He sees us “keep His words.”
Kenneth Wayne Hancock
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Hi I really appreciate your emails.. Could you please send me your latest book? I also wanted to ask you a question regarding the Hebrew Roots movement.. I am a Christian and not a Torah observant. I do not believe we are required to keep the Old Covenant law given to Israel…. the physical descendants of Abraham. My Torah observant friends believe that all believers in Yahshua are Israel and are Required to keep the law given through Moses..but I tell them it is impossible because no one could ever keep the law of Mose and the reason we need a Saviour!! All are sinners and there are none righteous…. Except The LORD God Almighty Creator of All things Yahshua! They also deny the deity of Yahshua.. That He Is Yahweh the Only Saviour who veiled Himself in flesh in order to Save us!!! We are in Christ… He fun every requirement of the law for us ad a gift… He came to do what we could never do which was be perfect!!! Those who are in Christ are the Seed of Abraham… Yahshua is the Spiritual SEED of Abraham… the ONE to whom the promises were given!!! Yah prepared a body for Himself… our Great God and Saviour came down from Heaven veiled in flesh to reveal the Himself as The Saviour.. be it was the Only Way!!! We are Yahshua’s spiritual descendants.. born of His Spirit and have a New Covenant… Not a re newed Covenant!!! Could you please help me to share this truth with them… they are preaching a different gospel and they deny WHO The LORD OF LORDS.. really Is!!! There are alot of false doctrine out there…and I am trying to share the truth with them. Thanks again for your amazing ministry… Maryann
Thank you for your comment. Your truth is spiced with passion. Good stuff. …Your copy of The Additions to the Faith is already addressed and will be mailed Monday…..About the Hebrew Roots movements. I have written a few articles about their errors in doctrine. They have received a whiff of the sacred names and have started running out there thinking they must become like their local Jewish synagogue goer.
Here is the crux of the matter. First, the old ceremonial laws of Moses are done away with (Heb. 8:6-13). That old covenant is finished. The Spirit through Jeremiah 31:31-34 said that the old cov. is done away with the establishing of His new cov. in Christ.
Second, be we fleshly Israel [all 12 tribes] or not, we “are dead and our life is hid with Christ in God.” Dead people don’t keep any laws. It is the Spirit of God, through belief in Christ’s resurrection, that He in us keeps the 10 Commandment law. We never could keep it. He solved that by offering us a plan of redemption whereby our old nature dies with the Sin Sacrifice Son, where our old nature is buried and is raised from the dead through believing that Christ was raised from the dead. [This is not taught anymore; it is in Romans 6:1-12. I have share this message many times; few ever begin teaching it. It is the “old rugged cross” and not the “modern smooth cross.”] Through this stupendous revelation, we are not under the old cov. law nor the 10 Commandment law (IJohn 3:9). We have now received His Spirit, which is “an earnest,” a down payment on the purchased possession. “He that is dead is freed from sin 9the breaking of the ten com. law” (Romans 6:7).
Third, so do not fret with them. If they won’t receive the truth from you, they are not ready yet. The light has not risen yet on their dark understanding. But blessed are your eyes for they see…
Fourth, I have shared two links that will help you. May Yahshua continue to bless and keep you on your quest. Stay in touch. Let us know your thoughts about the new book. Kenneth Wayne Hancock
These chapters will help you solve the mystery of Oneness.
Knowing Him That Is from the Beginning–The First and the Last | Immortality Road This is ch. 24 in The Unveiling of the Sons of God
Back to the Father’s Heart–The Eternal Purpose in a Bedtime Story | Immortality Road This is ch. 25 in Yah Is Savior book. If you do not have a hard copy of these books, I have them in ebook form, links at the top of the website.
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