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1 | Repentance and Confession - obedience? | Romans | sniper | 77552 | ||
Tim, You wrote:"Our obedience must come from what God does in us, not what we are able to do on our own. If I understand your note then I agree with it except that I am a little unsure of what you mean by the statement above. Do you mean that since we love God and obey as an act of love that such obedience is done out of an attitude of what God has done for us? In other words, we love God because of his grace and mercy and we want to please Him so we obey. And, none of this obedience is out of an attitude that God owes us anything for it. Am I understanding your position? |
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2 | Repentance and Confession - obedience? | Romans | Timothy Paul | 77755 | ||
Yes, thank you for your reply. My position is that we obey without expecting some reward, but out of thankfulness for what has been done for us already. God Bless, Tim |
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3 | Repentance and Confession - obedience? | Romans | sniper | 77774 | ||
You say 'already'. So is it your position that 'what has been done for us' happens prior to our obedience and is in no way connected to our obedience? | ||||||
4 | Repentance and Confession - obedience? | Romans | Timothy Paul | 77776 | ||
Yes, by what has been done for us, I mean to refer to Rom 5:8, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." This is what has already been done FOR us, which means "for the sake of, in behalf of, instead of." And, allow me to emphasize that Christ died for sinners, not "obedient" people (Mark 2:17). Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. Tim |
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