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1 | Ten commandments should be obeyed . | 1 John 2:4 | reasnerm | 53774 | ||
What you call intensify, I called added to. My point was simply that Jesus raised the bar so high that even the rich young ruler could no longer keep the law. It is impossible to keep the Law in order to be saved, but that does not mean that we abandon ourselves to an ungodly lifestyle. I once read a well known Christian leader state that once we have made a profession of faith, we can then for all practical purposes lead a lifestyle that is no different than that of an unsaved person, and we will not lose our salvation. My response to his statement is that such a person would never have truly accepted salvation. We must at least try to be holy, for God is holy. You almost seem as though you think that when Jesus said to love our neighbor, that He lessened the commandment. Again, I say he added to it. Under the law we had only to refrain from murdering the jerk next door, now we have to love him!? Please understand, I am not trying to preach any form of legalism, but as I expect my children to try to do right and do what I expect of them, so I try to do what my heavenly Fatheer expects of me. Sometimes (a lot),I mess up, but Jesus already paid the price for that sin. But the price was great, so I do not just say "oh well, things happen", I repent in sorrow as a child to the Father. | ||||||
2 | Ten commandments should be obeyed . | 1 John 2:4 | BradK | 53794 | ||
Reasnerm, I agree with you. Thanks for the clarification. We're dealing with the issue of Sanctification, or what I call "how to live Godly in Christ Jesus". In other words, what is my motivation to live a godly life? I believe you referred to it in an earlier post, Titus 2:11-12. I believe this to be one of the single best examples in scripture of what a believers motivation should be: Gods' Grace!(cf 1 Cor.15:10) Obviously Paul deals with the "cheap grace" issue in Rom. 6- grace IS NOT a license to sin. From my understanding of scripture, it becomes an issue of "yielding" to the Spirit. How do we do this? We could look at a number of verses, Gal. 5:16, Col.2:6,3:12-14,Rom.13:14, 2 Cor 5:7, that deal with the new man. Our goal is to daily appropriate His help and blessing by faith. We are exhorted to be: "filled with the Spirit" Eph. 5:18 "filled with the fruits of righteousness" Ph. 1:11 "filled with the knowledge of His will" Col.1:9 "filled with the fulness of God" Eph. 3:19 Yours In Christ, BradK |
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