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Jn 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

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Jn 14:15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

“a spring of water welling up to eternal life”
To “drink” from the well that Jesus referred to was to have one’s spiritual thirst for God quenched. To “drink” Him in implies the utmost intimacy (ala to “know” Him - Mt 7:23; Jn 17:3).

Jn 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

- AND -

Jn 14:15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

The Power of True Faith
Jesus had a peace that transcended all circumstances. At the core of this peace was His faith. He embodied truth (Jn 1:14) and therefore enjoyed perfect, ongoing freedom (ala Jn 8:32).

Jn 17:17
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

The greatest experience in this lifetime is to abide in truth.

Abiding In the Sphere of...
We can never play the game of asking for peace, but rejecting the obedience of faith. We can’t expect to experience love if we’re cold to the Truth (the very embodiment of it).

Obedience of faith always leads to peace.