The essentials of the Christian life must be kept in their proper order. Getting the order wrong is the difference between heaven and hell. Today, we saw how true faith keeps God's word. That you can't say you have faith in God and ignore what God says.
But you can't get the order mixed up. You can't say, "Because I keep God's word, he accepts me." If that statement is true than what's the basis of God's acceptance of me? My keeping God's word. Salvation then turns into product I have purchased by my ability to adhere to God's word. And that's completely opposite to what scripture teaches; that salvation is on the basis of faith.
So instead we say, "Because I believe in God, I keep his word." Now why do I keep his word? Not to be saved, but I keep his word because I am saved and I believe in God. This is the order we need to keep.
What do you think about this? And also, what are you feelings and questions? I'd love to hear them.
Pastor Brian
1 comment:
I think it's confusing! lol
It's just hard to figure out if you are doing what you should be doing because you want to or because you should. Plus if you don't really want to you should just do it anyway and pray that God changes your heart so that you want to. If you throw in there that you can never win out over sin anyway and geez! No wonder there are people out there that don't "get it"
At least I feel after every time I leave church I leave with a little bit more knowledge then when I entered. It's a journey that is for sure.
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