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Deuteronomy 10:21-11:1 – He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky. Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.

1 Samuel 12:24 – But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.

Deuteronomy 6:5 – Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

John 14:15 – “If you love me, keep my commands.

1 John 5:3-4 – In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

Exodus 20:2 – “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Application:

• ·         Samuel summarizes Israel’s obligation of loyalty to the Lord as an expression of gratitude for the great things He has done for them.
• ·         Love and obedience are frequently linked in Scripture.
• ·         Love for God and neighbor is built on the love that the Lord has for His people and on His identification with them. Such love is to be total, involving one’s whole being.
• ·         Love, like faith, cannot be separated from obedience.
• ·         The one born of God by faith is enabled by the Holy Spirit to obey.
• ·         As God’s subjects, His covenant people are to render complete submission, allegiance and obedience to Him out of gratitude for His mercies, reverence for His sovereignty, and trust in His continuing care.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV