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To: metmom

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

I guess that to me...if one has belief...the one will want to do what he commands...takes both


20 posted on 02/07/2015 11:35:51 AM PST by bike800
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To: bike800
I guess that to me...if one has belief...the one will want to do what he commands...takes both

Of course someone who has genuine faith will want to obey God.

They are born again of the Spirit and have the Holy Spirit living in them. They can't help but want to obey God.

But they also know that they can't and even if they could and could obey the law in its entirety, there's two problems.

One is that even if we could obey the law perfectly and its entirety after we're saved, it's already too late because of the sin we had already committed.

The other is that no one CAN obey the law even after they're saved even if they want to.

We are too weak and still have the body of flesh to contend with.

21 posted on 02/07/2015 11:45:42 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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