Are You Steering by God’s Stars? - Love Worth Finding - October 6

October 6, 2023 – Are You Steering by God’s Stars?
John 15:9-10
Sermon: 2103 Birthmarks of the Believer

Pray Over This

“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.”
John 15:9-10

Ponder This

The word keep was used by sailors in ancient times when they didn’t have GPS like we have. A sailor at nighttime would look up and steer by the stars. They called that “keeping the stars.” He would set his course by keeping the stars.

Christians set our course in life by keeping the commandments. You treasure those commandments, and you steer by those commandments. That doesn’t mean you never get blown off course. That doesn’t mean in a time of carelessness you may not take your eyes from the stars. But if you have no desire to live by the Word of God, or you can sin carelessly, flippantly, without any conviction, then you need to get saved.

Are you steering by God’s stars? Do you treasure God’s Word? Are you keeping God’s commandments? We are not saved by keeping the commandments, we are saved by Jesus, and the Holy Spirit equips us to follow God’s commandments as we follow Him.