Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” John 14:21 (NIV)
The commands of Jesus is the Gospel – the Good News of the God who first loved us and gave us His Son so we may live. Those who keep the commands of Jesus are those who hear the Gospel and believe. 1John 3:23. They believe in His Love for them and so they love Him back. They experience and walk in the Father’s Love for them, the Love He first gave and showed all people when He gave to all humanity His Beloved Son.
Many in the world don’t live in or know God’s Love because they haven’t received and believed in the Word of God. John 14:22-23.They haven’t received and believed the Gospel or Good News of God’s unconditional Love for them.
The Word of God, or the Gospel, or the teachings of Jesus reveal to us God’s Love. Living according to the Word is living in God’s Love.