{"id":6344,"date":"2017-12-06T09:10:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T14:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6344"},"modified":"2017-12-06T09:10:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T14:10:35","slug":"this-is-love-that-we-walk-according-to-his-commandments-this-is-the-commandment-that-as-you-have-heard-from-the-beginning-you-should-walk-in-it-2-john-16-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/this-is-love-that-we-walk-according-to-his-commandments-this-is-the-commandment-that-as-you-have-heard-from-the-beginning-you-should-walk-in-it-2-john-16-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it&#8221; (2 John 1:6 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f09hi\" data-offset-key=\"8oa7a-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8oa7a-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8oa7a-0-0\">Love is the great motivator for obedience. Not duty, nor fear, but love. And not just any kind of love, but God&#8217;s kind of &#8220;agape&#8221; love, which is both unconditional and sacrificial. So love motivates obedience and then obedience becomes the evidence of that love. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f09hi\" data-offset-key=\"665f5-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"665f5-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"665f5-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f09hi\" data-offset-key=\"ej61a-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ej61a-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ej61a-0-0\">What is love? That we obey Christ&#8217;s command (John 14:15). And what is Christ&#8217;s command? That we love one another just as He loved us (John 13:34-35).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love is the great motivator for obedience. Not duty, nor fear, but love. And not just any kind of love, but God&#8217;s kind of &#8220;agape&#8221; love, which is both unconditional and sacrificial. So love motivates obedience and then obedience becomes the evidence of that love. <\/p>\n<p>What is love? That we obey Christ&#8217;s command (John 14:15). And what is Christ&#8217;s command? That we love one another just as He loved us (John 13:34-35).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1330],"scripture-chapter":[1334],"oyb_day":[1867],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6344","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-2-john","scripture-chapter-1334","oyb_day-december-6"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6344"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6344"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6344"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6344"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}