[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I agree. God's holiness and His love are inseparatable. They are not polarizing concepts like humans tend to think they are. There is human love and then there is the real deal: God's love. We have perverted the meaning of true love. How could God's love be genuine if He did not want us to be holy as He is holy. Our sin separated us from Him in the first place. He has the power to forgive AND the power to transform. They are a free gift but a packaged deal. If you profess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord then you are saying He is LORD of YOUR life. If you believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead then you believe in your heart that God also has the will and the power to transform your heart, to raise you to walk in newness of life, to make you a slave of righteousness, etc.

Too many people want the perks without the cost of Christianity. The call is to surrender all. That is faith's evidence. And it's all or nothing. Sanctification is a process and justification is an event, but just as surely as we can believe God for justification, we can believe and expect His sactification. If we do not see the fruits then we had better check and be sure we are not believing in a false gospel and a deceptive image of Christ. Otherwise it may be us who one day hear, "Depart from me, I never knew you."

[Knitting A Conundrum]

---Too many people want the perks without the cost of Christianity---

excellently said.

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"The call is to surrender all. That is faith's evidence."
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F = Forsaking
A = All
I = I
T = Trust
H = Him

If you have faith you receive:

G = GOD'S
R = Riches
A = At
C = CHRIST'S
E = Expense