He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings. Hence, it follows that all obedience not springing from love to Christ is in his eyes no obedience at all.
And the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. (See the note at Matthew 10:40.) It will be observed that when Christ refers back to His Father's authority, it is not in speaking of those who love Him and keep His sayings-in their case it were superfluous-but in speaking of those who love Him not and keep not His sayings, whom He holds up as chargeable with the double guilt of dishonouring the eternal Sender as well as the Sent.