![]() The choices you make here and now are forever important. Please be strong, and be alert to anything that would rob you of the blessings of eternity. You may be tempted to lower your standards and to follow the crowd in order to be accepted by those you desire to have as friends. Teenage years are often years of insecurity, of feeling as though you don’t measure up, of trying to find your place with your peers, and of trying to fit in. The Apostle Peter warns us, “Be vigilant because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” 3Īlthough there is no time in our lives when we are exempt from temptation, you young men are at an age when you may be particularly vulnerable. They represent a grave and constant threat to our eternal salvation unless we are also relentless in our determination and efforts to achieve our goal. He and his hosts are relentless in their efforts to thwart our righteous desires. We know, however, that the adversary is committed to our failure. It is imperative, therefore, for us to make choices throughout our lives that will lead us to this great goal. I am confident that each of us has as his ultimate goal life everlasting in the presence of our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. Our decisions in this regard will determine our destiny. But while He gives us laws and commandments, He also allows us to choose whether to accept them or to reject them. Our challenges and problems will be easier to bear, and we will receive His promised blessings. He understands that when we keep the commandments, our lives will be happier, more fulfilling, and less complicated. Our Heavenly Father loves us enough to say: Thou shalt not lie thou shalt not steal thou shalt not commit adultery thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself and so on. ![]() We remember the words of the familiar hymn: “Keep the commandments! In this there is safety in this there is peace.” 1 He has provided us with guidelines which, if we follow them, will see us safely through this often treacherous mortal journey. He who created us and who loves us perfectly knows just how we need to live our lives in order to obtain the greatest happiness possible. God’s commandments are not given to frustrate us or to become obstacles to our happiness. My message to you tonight is straightforward. I pray that I too will be guided in what I say. We have been inspired this evening by the words which we have heard. 2:8 Heb.My beloved brethren, how good it is to be with you once again. ( AN)He has no claim on me, 31 but I do ( AO)as the Father has commanded me, ( AP)so that the world may know that I love the Father. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for ( AM)the ruler of this world is coming. 29 And ( AL)now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. ![]() 28 ( AH)You heard me say to you, ( AI)‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I ( AJ)am going to the Father, for ( AK)the Father is greater than I. ( AF)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither ( AG)let them be afraid. 27 ( AD)Peace I leave with you ( AE)my peace I give to you. 26 But the ( Z)Helper, the Holy Spirit, ( AA)whom the Father will send in my name, ( AB)he will teach you all things and ( AC)bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. And ( Y)the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.Ģ5 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And ( Q)he who loves me ( R)will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ( S)manifest myself to him.” 22 ( T)Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it ( U)that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, ( V)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and ( W)we will come to him and ( X)make our home with him. 21 ( O)Whoever has my commandments and ( P)keeps them, he it is who loves me. 20 ( K)In that day you will know that ( L)I am in my Father, and ( M)you in me, and ( N)I in you. ![]() 19 ( H)Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but ( I)you will see me. You know him, for he dwells with you and ( F)will be in you.ġ8 “I will not leave you as orphans ( G)I will come to you. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ( C)Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even ( D)the Spirit of truth, ( E)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. 15 ( A)“If you love me, you will ( B)keep my commandments.
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