JCSLK #69 In The Upper Room #4 Jesus' Commandment
JCSLK #69 In The Upper Room #4 Jesus' Commandment John 15:9-13 Introduction: Let me tell you a story about a young man in Bible college. It seems he met this beautiful co-ed and it was love at first sight. As they started visiting each evening, he wanted very badly to kiss her good night. The only problem was that Bill suffered from a rigid legalism. He had to have a book, chapter, and verse to okay his actions. None came to his mind, so true to his conscience, he would simply walk her to her dormitory each night, look at her longingly, and then say “Good night.” This went on for several weeks, and all the time Bill was searching the Scriptures, trying to find some verse to okay kissing Scotty goodnight. Finally, he came across the promising passage in Rom. 16:16 that says, “Greet each other with a holy kiss.” Bill thought, “At last, I have scriptural authority for kissing her good night.” But just to be sure he went to his Bible professor to check it out. Unfortuna...
