John 14:15
"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments." (said Jesus)
John 14:21
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them." (said Jesus)
John 14:23
Jesus replied, "Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them."
John 15:10
"If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love." (said Jesus)
1 John 2:3
We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands.
1 John 5:3
In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
2 John 1:6
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
All of that is good, but our works are not the basis of our salvation. Our salvation is based on HIS works. So our salvation is by the grace of God through the perfect sacrifice of His Son.
Once we get that, we can approach ourselves and others like Bruce Jenner with NO CONDEMNATION because God does not condemn us no matter what we do (Rom 8:1; Heb 8:12, 10:17).
Bruce is not helping the cause of Christ IMO, so what he’s done is not helpful and is sin. We can judge the act but not the person. We have no right to go behind the blood of Jesus like Satan tries to, and judge he who Jesus died for.
26 If we go on sinning after we have learned the truth, no sacrifice can take away our sins. 27 All that is left is a terrifying wait for judgment and a raging fire that will consume God’s enemies.
Jesus replied: “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
What are Jesus' commandments to his church???