Tom Ogren

Spiritualism... God's Great Controversy Tom Ogren

In John 15:9, 10, Jesus is laying the foundation for His followers to bring into their experience. Jesus is making it easy for us to know how this relationship is to be maintained. These verses read, "As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in His love." His commandments to us is the law or character that makes up His kingdom that Jesus was making available to us, as He paid the ultimate price for our redemption. Jesus is making the statement, "Continue in my love," and He is showing us how this will be accomplished. "If ye keep my commandment, ye shall abide in my love." These verses are telling us that Jesus did not have any intentions of setting aside the Ten Commandments that's been so readily done away with in the churches of our upbringing. Because we have experienced so many years in this nation separated from His law of love, we are living in a nation having the government promoting moral law. This all seems harmless until government law goes contrary to God's law, as this nation becomes more spiritual but not religious. For a better understanding in all this, continue reading Spiritualism . . . God's Great Controversy.