1) What proof, said Jesus, do we give that we love Him?
If you love me, you will keep my commandments. John 14:15.
2) What other biblical text confirms this?
He who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. John 14:21, second part.
3) Who will also love those who love Jesus?
The heavenly Father. John 14:21, second part.
4) To whom does the Lord reveal Himself?
To those who love Him and keep His commandments. John 14:21.
5) What command did Jesus leave us?
Remain in my love. John 15:9, last part.
6) How can we remain in this love?
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love. John 15:10, first part.
7) And what is the love of God?
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. 1 John 5:3, second part.
8) How do we know if we are in God?
And he who keeps His commandments abides in God, and God in him. 1 John 3:24, second part.
9) What other biblical text tells us that love is keeping the commandments?
And this is love: that we walk according to His commandments. II John 6, part.
10) What recommendation does the apostle Paul give us?
Walk in love! Ephesians 5:2, part.
11) What recommendation does the writer of Hebrews give us?
And let us consider one another, to stir up love and good works. Hebrews 10:24.
12) According to what the Spirit granted to the apostle Paul, how should we do all things?
Let all things be done with love. I Corinthians 16:14.
13) What does charity mean in some versions of the Bible?
Love.
14) Who are God's beloved?
I love those who love me. Prov. 8:17, part. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him. John 14:21, second and last part.
15) What is the bond of perfection?
Love. Col. 3:14.
16) What is necessary for us to have confidence on the day of judgment?
That we are in love. 1 John 4:16 and 17.
17) What surpasses faith and hope?
Now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, but the greatest of these is love. I Cor. 13:13, last part.
18) What do the Scriptures say about those who do not love Jesus?
If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus, let him be accursed. 1 Corinthians 16:22.
19) For whom are the things that eyes have not seen, and ears have not heard, and have not entered into the heart of man?
For those who love God. 1 Corinthians 2:9.
20) What great promise does God make in His Law?
I show mercy to the third and fourth generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. Ex. 20:6.
21) To whom does God promise permanent goods and to fill their treasures?
To those who love Him. Prov. 8:21.
22) To whom is the crown of life promised?
The Lord has promised it to those who love Him. James 1:12, last part.
23) What is the new commandment given by Jesus?
That we love one another; as He loved us, that we also love one another. John 13:34.
24) When have we passed from death to life?
When we love our brothers and sisters. 1 John 3:14, part.
25) According to Jesus, how should we love one another?
Love one another as I have loved you. John 15:12.
26) How did He love us?
He gave His life for us. Romans 5:8.
27) How did God the Father love us?
He gave His only begotten Son for us. John 3:16.
28) What is the greatest love there is?
It is for someone to lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13, last part.
29) If we keep God's commandments, we will have no fear. Why?
Because there is no fear in love. Rather, perfect love casts out fear. For fear involves punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 1 John 4:18.
30) How does God command us to love Him?
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. Matthew 22:37. And with all your strength. Luke 10:27.
31) What surpasses all understanding?
The knowledge of the love of Christ. Ephesians 3:19.
32) The two great commandments being to love God above all things and your neighbor as yourself, what does one who loves God and his neighbor do?
He keeps the commandments relating to them.
33) And what are these commandments?
Those found in Exodus 20:2-17.
34) What was the first love left by the church of Ephesus?
One of the scribes (...) asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, "The first is: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first and great commandment. Mark 12:28-30 and Matthew 22:34-38.
So, if the first and greatest commandment is to love God above all things, and to love God is to keep His commandments, then the first love that the church in Ephesus left was to keep God's commandments.
35) Regarding the love of God, what did Jesus say to some Jews?
But I know you well, that you do not have the love of God in you. John 5:42.
36) According to what the Spirit inspired the apostle Paul, what can prevent us from the love of God (prevent us from keeping His commandments)?
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38 and 39.
37) How do we know that tongues will cease, prophecies and knowledge will disappear, but God's love (keeping the commandments) will not?
The apostle Paul says: Love never fails; but whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there are prophecies, they will disappear; whether there is knowledge, it will be destroyed. 1 Cor. 13:8.
38) What does the Bible teach us about love?
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:3. And this is love (or charity): that we walk according to His commandments. 2 John 6.
41) What other biblical passage confirms this?
For love is the fulfillment of the Law. Romans 13:10.
42) Since love is keeping the Commandments, and the Commandments are the Law, what does one who does not observe the Law of food do?
He does not walk in love. Romans 14:15.
43) Love being charity, what does the Holy Spirit say about those who do not have love?
Blind. II Peter 1:7-9.
44) What does the Word of God correspond to?
His Commandments. John 17:17; Psalm 119:142, last part.
45) Since the Word of God is His Commandments, when is God's love in us?
When we keep His Word. 1 John 2:5.
46) When is God's love in us perfect?
When we are in love. 1 John 4:12, 16, and 17.
47) How can we be in God?
By being in love. 1 John 4:16, last part.
48) And how can we be in love?
By keeping His Commandments. 1 John 4:16, last part; John 15:10.
49) How should we love one another?
According to His commandment. 1 John 3:23, last part.
50) And what does the commandment say?
Love one another as I have loved you. John 13:34.
51) Who are those born of God?
Those who love. 1 John 4:7.
52) What recommendation did God make through Solomon in the symbolic idyll of his wife (the church) and him (the husband)?
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death. Song of Solomon 8:6.
53) What else did Solomon say about God's love?
That many waters could not quench it, neither could the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for his love, it would surely be utterly despised. Song of Solomon 8:7.
54) What is the greatest advantage of love (keeping the commandments)?
It covers all transgressions. Prov. 10:12, last part; 1 Pet. 4:8.
55) For whom does the Lord keep his covenant and mercy?
For those who love God by keeping his commandments. Dan. 9:4, last part.
56) How was God's love for us manifested?
God sent His only begotten Son into the world. 1 John 4:9, lower part.
57) For what purpose?
So that through Him we might live. 1 John 4:9, lower part.
58) What does the Spirit say through John?
That God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. J John 3:16.
59) How can we remain in God?
By remaining in love. I John 4:16.
60) What command does the Holy Spirit give to believers?
Beloved, let us love one another. 1 John 4:7, second part.
61) Why?
Because love is from God. 1 John 4:7, second part.
62) Why do we love?
Because He first loved us? 1 John 4:19, last part.
63) Who abides in the light?
He who loves. 1 John 2:10.
64) What should we not love?
Do not love the world or anything in the world. 1 John 2:15, part.
65) Why?
Because if anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2:15, second part. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world. 1 John 2:16.
66) How did Christ prove his love for us?
He gave his life for us. 1 John 3:16, first part.
67) And how should we love?
By giving our lives for our brothers. 1 John 3:16, second part.
68) Why does anyone who does not love his brother not know God?
Because this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 1 John 3:11.
69) What happens to those who do not love?
They remain in death. 1 John 3:14, second part.
70) What is someone who says he loves God but hates his brother?
A liar. 1 John 4:20, second part.
71) And who remains in the light?
He in whom there is no stumbling and who loves his brother. 1 John 2:10.
72) How do we know that God's love is perfect in us?
When we keep his word. 1 John 2:5.
73) What is his word?
Your word is truth. Psalm 119:160, part.
74) And what is truth?
Your law is truth. Psalm 19:142.
75) Whom does the Spirit command us to love?
One another. 1 John 4:7, part p. and 11, part ú.
76) What sign does the Holy Spirit give to show a lack of love?
If anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him. 1 John 3:17.
77) How did the psalmist show his love for God?
Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. Ps. 119:97,
I hate vain thoughts, but I love your law. v. 113,
You have removed all the wicked from the earth like dross, therefore I love your testimonies. v. 119,
Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, even more than fine gold. v. 127,
Look upon me and be gracious to me, as you do to those who love your name. v. 132,
Your word is very pure; therefore your servant loves it. v. 140,
Affliction and anguish have overtaken me, but your commandments are my delight. v. 143, Consider how I love your precepts; give me life, O Lord, according to your loving kindness. v. 159.
I rejoice in your word, as one who finds great spoil. v. 162,
I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law. v. 163,
My soul has kept your testimonies; I love them exceedingly. v. 167,
I have longed for your salvation, O Lord; your law is all my delight. v. 174,
My soul is broken from longing for your judgments at all times. Ps. 119:20,
Also your testimonies are my delight and my counselors. v. 24,
And I will delight in your commandments, which I have loved. v. 47,
Let your mercies come upon me, that I may live, for your law is my delight. v. 77,
If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction long ago. v. 92.

Oli Prestes
Missionary