V1-18 Do We Actually Love God?
Walking Talking Bible Project
What does it mean to love God? How can we know if we truly love God? What role, if any, does obedience play? And how can we know if God truly loves us? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week’s edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: John 14:15
John 14:15
15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Connection Passage #1: John 14:15–17
John 14:15–17
15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
Connection Passage #2: John 14:21
John 14:21
21 Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
Connection Passage #3: John 14:22–24
John 14:22–24
22 Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
24 Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.
Connection Passage #4: John 15:10
John 15:10
10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
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WTBP Introduction and Brief Overview
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).