tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287425314081580872.post6195693992193210793..comments2024-02-05T21:44:42.903-08:00Comments on PORRIDGE FOR THE SOUL: OBEDIENCE TO LAW: NECESSARY UNDER GRACE?P A Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15785291441400751585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287425314081580872.post-51461658673241632272020-04-23T20:42:27.989-07:002020-04-23T20:42:27.989-07:00Do you think living by grace means lawlessness and...Do you think living by grace means lawlessness and lawlessness is good?<br />Think again. <br />Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness (1 John 3:4).<br />Christ came to redeem us from lawlessness (Titus 2: 14)<br />Do not get carried away by the error of lawless people (2 Peter 3:17).<br />Christ: “I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness” (Matthew 7:23).<br />P A Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785291441400751585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287425314081580872.post-86184256175000580102016-05-19T02:36:08.429-07:002016-05-19T02:36:08.429-07:00When someone brings up ‘obedience’ as the believer...When someone brings up ‘obedience’ as the believer’s way of life, it is likely that hyper-grace will cry out: “That’s self-effort, ‘works of the law’, legalism.”P A Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785291441400751585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287425314081580872.post-69411814734437935532016-05-19T01:28:05.296-07:002016-05-19T01:28:05.296-07:00The answer to these questions: Obedience is the be...The answer to these questions: Obedience is the believer's positive response to God's grace and should not be viewed negatively as an attempt to gain God's favour through self-effort or "works of the law". The latter represents the false view of obedience of hyper-grace, which is confused—unable to differentiate between justification and sanctification.P A Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785291441400751585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287425314081580872.post-22129512248112017782016-05-19T01:27:02.540-07:002016-05-19T01:27:02.540-07:00Is a believer’s obedience an attempt to please God...Is a believer’s obedience an attempt to please God through self-effort or ‘works of the law’? Does obedience constitute a return to legalism?P A Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785291441400751585noreply@blogger.com