Our obedience determines our love

God determines whether we love Him, not by what we say or by our feelings for Him, but by our obedience to His commands.

John 14:15 - If you love me, you will obey what I command.

John 14:21 - Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me.

John 14:23-24 - Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 He who does not love me will not obey my teaching.

1 John 5:3 -- This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome.

Obedience to God is our loving response to his gift of life and love. We don't have to obey God out of deep-rooted responsibility, but out of a response for what he has already done for us.

Jeremiah 32:38-41 - God says, “They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me to their own good and the good of their children after them. I will make an everlasting covenant with them: and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant in this land with all my heart and soul.”

What are my actions telling God???