Commands, Not Suggestions
As believers, we are all soldiers in the army of The LORD and we ought to start acting like it. We ought to learn every verse of Psalm 91 just like the men in Keith’s unit did.
Part of any soldier’s basic training is to learn and obey the orders of the day, and we have certain commands by which we’re to operate all the time. First and foremost is the one Jesus gave us in John 13:34. There, just before going to the Cross, He said, “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
Notice, that’s not a suggestion. It’s a commandment. It’s an order issued by The LORD Advocate General of the Church. I learned a long time ago during my stint in the Army, when your commanding officer gives an order you follow it. It does not make one bit of difference how you feel about it. You obey.
Exactly what must we do to obey Jesus’ command of love? For one thing, we must do what He said in Mark 11:25: “When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any.”
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