Originally posted by @rajk999
Jesus did NOT say:
If ye love me, proclaim you love me over and over and over. (Sonship14:15 KJV)
Nowhere in the Bible would you find that kind of commandment.
You need a commandment?
There was no commandment to the fourth generation of people on earth. They of themselves realized that they NEEDED to LOVE God, to call upon the name of the Lord.
Did you need a legal commandment demanding that you tell your mother and father that you loved them?
Did you need a commandment instructing you to say "Daddy" or "Mommy"?
"At that time men began to call upon the name of Jehovah." (Genesis 4:26b)
There is no "Thus Says the Lord, THOU SHALT CALL UPON THE NAME OF JEHOVAH."
They called because they believed, they loved, they had need, they delighted to fellowship with their God.
But if you MUST have a commandment ...
"Call unto Me, and I will answer you and tell you great and hidden things, which you do not know." (Jeremiah 33:3)
There is a direct command for His people to CALL upon Him.
How about some love Him so that they need not WAIT for a command? How about we CALL on the name of the Lord in every place because we love Jesus and He is our beloved Lord?
"To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints,
with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is there's and ours." (1 Cor. 1:2)
How about some of us CALL because we LOVE Him?
How about we also receive the ENCOURAGEMENT, the apostle's encouragement to be with those who CALL on the Lord out of a pure heart?
" ... and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who CALL ON THE LORD out of a pure heart." ( 2 Tim. 2:22)