Yesterday we considered 1 John 2:3, where the beloved Apostle John says that we know we have come to know the Lord when we keep His commandments. John returns to this concept repeatedly in his brief epistle. In chapter 3:24, he says, “Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.” In 5:2, he writes, “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.” Then, in 5:18, we read, “We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.” Many today say that obedience is unimportant. Yet John emphasizes that it is through obedience to the Lord that we know we love and serve God.