That's right: challenge. That doesn't mean we stay in His light. If it were a done deal it wouldn't be a challenge.
Truly, every good thing (fruit, works) that comes from our lives after we have been reborn in Him, is His doing and to His glory, not ours
People do it because they want rewards. they want eternal life, they want to be saved, and acceptable to God. Take out the promise of eternal life and see how many people do anything in His name, or how many people come to church to praise Him for nothing more than His glory.
The motive is what counts. Only those who love God for no reason whatsoever and expect nothing from Him, are the one who love Him truly. I have ten fingers on my hand too many to count those.
The motive is what counts. Only those who love God for no reason whatsoever and expect nothing from Him, are the one who love Him truly. I have ten fingers on my hand too many to count those.
You are in for a big surprise. God wrote the names of His family for the next heaven and earth from the foundation of this world --- and every one of us loves Him surpassingly above all else, including our neighbors - and ourselves. (Rev 20)
And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. – Matt 22:37-40