Genesis 17:9 Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come."
Abram just had his name changed to Abraham, for God was doing a work in his life. He reminded Abraham of his promise and said he will establish his covenant with him, an everlasting covenant to give Abraham and his descendants the land of Canaan as an everlasting possession! But, Abraham would also have a responsibility to keep up his end of the covenant.
There it is; the word BUT; BUT you must, This is yours BUT... people always have conditions. So when someone says they will do something for you, you better find out what the catch is. BUT... doesn't that make sense. When there is an agreement, it has two sides. And, it is the same with God. There are conditions to his love. "WHAT!" you say. Yes, Jesus said if you keep my commandments my father will love you (John 14:21). We have a responsibility to keep up our end of the deal (covenant).
A and K, loving God means obeying what he says to do. Everyone says that the Old Testament has a bunch of rules, glad we don't have to follow the Old Testament, BUT it only has 600 and some. The New Testament has over 1000! So, now what are you to do. You certainly cannot be saved without faith (Ephesians 2:8), and that was true in the Old Testament as well. But, If you want to be at home with God, you will have to obey Jesus' commands. (John14:23). It is impossible for mankind to do right... on our own strength. Thankfully, God gives us his Spirit and you can live above sin (1 John 2:1).
~Dad
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