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pursuing the upward call with fear and trembling

just a 44 year old man seeking to share my meanderings with the world at large or the blogosphere at small

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

obedience

I have been reading various articles and seeing what they say about this topic. many focus on the OT law and say that we as believers are to still carry out obeying the Law because Jesus says *He who loves me will keep my commandments* ok..... and here's where I have my insides turn and churn and make me feel like a sponge being squeezed. Who the heck EVER fully obeys???? Seriously!!!!! Isnt the whole reason Jesus came and lived as one of us..... lived a perfect HUMAN life...... is because ONLY HE COULD????? Scripture tells us nothing we do can please God NOTHING But everything Jesus did pleases Him 100%!!!! God accepts us and saves us bringing us back to relationship with Him because He sees us IN HIS SON!!! Those who keep the law must keep it all!!!! Sheesh people am i insane or is it impossible and against living in faith and grace to think we can perfectly obey??? So...... the dilemma..... we disobey all the time especially in our thoughts im sure let alone behavior..... and Jesus tells us if we love Him we wil obey Him..... is this tension or what??? I trust God loves us in all our failure and weakness because He sent Christ to come and die for us..... WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS!!!!! I just get twisted and torn here all the time on this issue and especially when i hear sermons..... read articles or bo9oks or commentaries where the preacher or missionary or whoever hits nonstop on if we are to be true believers and lovers of Christ........ we will obey. PERIOD. Where is grace in this attitude???? Jesus command is to love and He transforms us from selfish sinners into holy unselfish believers....

Hope to hear from many of you see how this strikes you and what you make of it. Hope you are all finding ways to stay cool wherever you are sure do hate the heat lol be well all and rest in His arms!!!!

1 Comments:

At 2:38 AM, Blogger Rachel Heather said...

I am probably not the best person to ask about this one because I don't believe we are born sinners or anything like that.

I think everyone makes mistakes and God (or Krishna or Jesus or whoever) loves us.

It is like a parent - if we make a mistake the parent still loves us right?

I think commandments are more like a moral compass to have as guildlines but no one is ever morally just all the time.

Besides - if we dont mess up or stumble or fall down then what fun is standing up?

 

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