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1 | the talk beats the walk. | 2 Cor 6:14 | Tim3:16 | 149323 | ||
What am I able to do about a Christian Girlfriend who talks the walk but wont walk the talk? We discuss marriage but .... |
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2 | the talk beats the walk. | 2 Cor 6:14 | DocTrinsograce | 149324 | ||
Hi, Tim3:16... Obedience is not an option for the believer. Nor is it an element of saving faith. Rather, it is an evidence of saving faith. In Him, Doc |
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3 | the talk beats the walk. | 2 Cor 6:14 | Emmaus | 149325 | ||
Doc, Doesn't the seed of faith produce fruit? Isn't the ability of the seed of saving faith to produce good fruit an element of the seed? To say something is an evidence, does not exclude it being intrinsic element of the thing that produces the evidence. Emmaus |
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4 | the talk beats the walk. | 2 Cor 6:14 | DocTrinsograce | 149336 | ||
Dear Emmaus, Thank you for the question. I was, perhaps, a bit too terse. Justification is by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. As the old divines put it, "By this faith a Christian believeth to be true whatsoever is revealed in the Word for the authority of God Himself, and also apprehendeth an excellency therein above all other writings and all things in the world, as it bears forth the glory of God in His attributes, the excellency of Christ in His nature and offices, and the power and fullness of the Holy Spirit in His workings and operations: and so is enabled to cast his soul upon the truth thus believed; and also acteth differently upon that which each particular passage thereof containeth; yielding obedience to the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life and that which is to come; but the principal acts of saving faith have immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, and resting upon Him alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace." They based this understanding on the following Scriptures at least in part: Acts 24:14; Psalms 27:7-10; Psalms 119:72; 2 Timothy 1:12; John 14:14; Isaiah 66:2; Hebrews 11:13; John 1:12; Acts 16:31; Galatians 2:20; Acts 15:11. What I was trying to say to Tim3:16 was that saving faith does not have any other component in order for it to be salvific. In other words, no work (like obedience) must be added to faith in order to make it saving faith. On the other hand, saving faith always *results* in works (like obedience) as a consequence. Thank you for letting me explain more clearly. In Him, Doc |
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