tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120258547974316772.post6413764651150455681..comments2023-03-19T04:07:20.049-07:00Comments on Paradigm Shift: Why current evangelical doctrine is off the mark; looking at law and gracejmachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10508442838322789893noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120258547974316772.post-24654597588259326972012-07-23T18:40:25.302-07:002012-07-23T18:40:25.302-07:00Grace - "the free and unmerited (undeserved, ...Grace - "the free and unmerited (undeserved, unearned) favour of God shown towards man". (The Free Dictionary)<br /><br />Why would anyone want to be tied to the law when they can have "the free and unmerited, undeserved, unearned favour of God? <br /><br />Why is it that we just have to make things harder than they have to be?AWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120258547974316772.post-23115859038856384492012-02-11T06:27:41.494-08:002012-02-11T06:27:41.494-08:00I personally have been an Adventist for 5 years no...I personally have been an Adventist for 5 years now, and I've come to the point where I've thrown my hands up saying I can't be Jesus! I've learned in a very painful way that "religion" is toxic to the gospel, and fear is a terrible motivator to love. Rather, its the grace of God that leads us to repentance. Not religious hoola hoops. For anyone reading this... please understand that I'm not endorsing the concept that its ok to continue in sin so grace may abound, but I would say that we must not make grace out to be something its not either. And grace doesn't condemn unless your an enemy of it, and the law without the spirit is dead. So, if I've learned anything in my very painful experiment in legalism... its this... what motivates us to obey is everything! and only walking in the spirit of the gospel can allow us to walk in peace.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107071793702067046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120258547974316772.post-10207908126692405872011-11-19T13:09:15.085-08:002011-11-19T13:09:15.085-08:00Melanie,
Thanks for such a wonderful report. This...Melanie,<br /><br />Thanks for such a wonderful report. This alone makes writing the blog worth it!jmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10508442838322789893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120258547974316772.post-39867352344923463622011-11-19T05:49:55.268-08:002011-11-19T05:49:55.268-08:00God brought this blog to me at a most important ti...God brought this blog to me at a most important time in my spiritual walk. Thank you so much for pointing out the truth of Law and Grace. God has used you to help our family so much.MLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18331756378715151570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120258547974316772.post-4012801615219429592011-11-18T09:24:29.301-08:002011-11-18T09:24:29.301-08:00Marshall and Aland,
Thanks for the comments... I a...Marshall and Aland,<br />Thanks for the comments... I always appreciate them. Let me state that I believe that a person who is genuinely converted to faith and trust in Father through Jesus will over time be influenced by the grace to love God and in loving God will strive to please him... not because of commandments but because of love.jmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10508442838322789893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120258547974316772.post-57309160775289411432011-11-17T10:54:14.389-08:002011-11-17T10:54:14.389-08:00Truth existed before a word of the Law was written...Truth existed before a word of the Law was written. Truth existed in the One we know as "the Word" from before the beginning.<br /><br />God's goodness in grace expressed to me (above the law) found it's full understanding when I realized that Abraham was saved by grace (by faith) before Jesus paid the price. In the same way sins not yet committed in my life are paid by grace (by faith) before they occurred.<br /><br />The second part is that my knowledge of the law wasn't required for me to sin. In the same way my understanding of grace isn't required for my forgiveness. His grace is apart from my works even to the point of my comprehension. Instead he asks us to "become like little children."<br /><br />The third part came as I was able to separate the concepts and processes of salvation and sanctification. This brought me full circle but reintroduced the sanctified life as a "fruit of the spirit" instead of a work I perform of my own fulfillment of a requirement of law (or even New Testament "Scriptural principle").<br /><br />And to be free is to be "free indeed!"Alandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601309813643136761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120258547974316772.post-13507554634176200622011-11-16T08:04:33.936-08:002011-11-16T08:04:33.936-08:00these are the same tools of reason that have been ...these are the same tools of reason that have been used so many times before to address law vs. grace, and again without success. Unchanged are those many trapped within the false dichotomy of law & grace.Marshallhttp://worthyhouse.infonoreply@blogger.com