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Welcome back to the Hope Bible School verse-by-verse Bible study of 1 John. This is Jeff M Newman. Get a new lesson every other week on Monday at 12:00 PM Eastern.

In Lesson 22 we learned about the importance of keeping Jesus’ commandments. Let’s read the verse.

1 John 2:3 By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

This verse encouraged me to compile a list of the commandments of Jesus.

This list is pretty long, so I broke it into 4 lessons.

I encourage you to listen to the lessons over and over again.

Study the commandments of Jesus in depth.

Ask God to help you to understand the commandments and to give you the strength to obey them.

Let’s begin.

Acknowledge Jesus before others.

Matthew 10:32-33 (NIV) “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven. (Luke 12:8-9)

Act on the words of Jesus and build your house on the rock. Put your faith in God’s word during the storms of life.

Matthew 7:24-27  “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 “And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26 “Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 “The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”(Luke 6:47-49)

Ask, seek, knock.

Matthew 7:7-8 (NIV) “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. (Luke 11:9-13)

Ask in Jesus' name.

John 14:13-14 And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask Me or anything in My name, I will do it.

John 16:23-24 In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. 24 Until now you have no