Love

The other characteristic of the divine life is not separated from this. Where there is obedience there will also be love, because they belong to the same life—the same nature. "Whoso keepeth His word"— this is obedience—"in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him." 1 John 2:5. His Word is the expression of what He is, of His nature, and "God is love," so that if we keep His Word, His love is perfected in us.
“His commandments" are not only the expression of what He is, but of His authority as well. We are called to obey, and to obey as Christ obeyed. We are sanctified unto the obedience of Christ. And if we say that we abide in Him, we ought also to walk even as He walked; that is, in obedience to God, for His whole life was that. There was not a single movement in His soul, not a single act of His life, that was not obedience to His Father's will. Blessed indeed it is to behold that perfect One in His path of perfect obedience! And happy are they who follow His footsteps, who walk even as He walked!