Deuteronomy 6:5
6:5 You must love
the
Lord your God with your whole mind,
your whole being,
and all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:17
6:17 Keep his
commandments very carefully,
as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.
Deuteronomy 8:2
8:2 Remember the whole way by which he
has brought you these forty years through the desert
so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 13:3-4
13:3 You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer,
for the
Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him
with all your mind and being.
13:4 You must follow the
Lord your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.
John 14:15
Teaching on the Holy Spirit
14:15 “If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
John 14:21-24
14:21 The person who has my commandments and obeys
them is the one who loves me.
The one
who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal
myself to him.”
14:22 “Lord,” Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.
14:24 The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.
John 14:1
Jesus’ Parting Words to His Disciples
14:1 “Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.
John 5:2-3
5:2 Now there is
in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate
a pool called
Bethzatha in Aramaic,
which has five covered walkways.
5:3 A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.