By: purecommunity

purecommunity — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:21:00 +0000

Thanks for your comments, David! I appreciate how you added the element of relationship and the invitation to an ever deepening intimacy with Jesus.

By: David Zailer

David Zailer — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:37:20 +0000

I agree with you in every way. I also believe that Christ’s command that is an invitation.
As you have said, it is more than any of us can ever accomplish. And if we believe that we must accomplish it or that the goal of the command is for us to more perfectly attain it, then we fall short. It’s in this way that subtle Phariseeism and legalism creep in. (Personally, I believe that perfectionism is of the devil.)
I regard Christ’s command as a challenge for an ongoing and deepening relationship, and that as we endeavor into this relationship, we will find ourselves led into and more capable of naturally living out a life of obedience. All the pressure is off of us because of what Christ has done. It is never a have to, it becomes a want to. It is not obligation, it is passion. I like the way you expressed this in your thoughts, by the way.
Finally, I need to remind myself that my obvious acts of disobedience are not truly my sin. My sin is my deviation from faith (whatsoever is not of faith is sin) and the “sinful” acting out I do is just the result. No one goes to Hell for what they do. They end up in Hell because of their unbelief.
David Zailer – Operation integrity

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