John 14:21-24
21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.
Do we follow Jesus Christ to put off sin and put on His righteousness? Or do we purposefully refuse out of a lack of love for Him? He called us out of sin into a life of following; that is how we really see Him, as we choose to read His word and - in His strength - then choose to not do what is dishonoring to instead do what honors Him who suffered and died for us. He shows Himself to us whom He calls out, and He alone gives the ability to follow. We do not work for faith, but work out this faith given to us with fear and trembling.
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