Consider:

1
Consider

• Hebrews 58,9 to those who obey Him.
• Romans 1619 obedience known to all
• Galatians 31 bewitched you.. Not obey the
  truth
• Galatians 57 obeying the truth?

2
Element in the Church Who Say That

• The Root of the Bad found among churches is over
  emphasis on obedience to Gods commands keeping
  His law.
• This is the cause of lack of love, judging
  others, comparing ourselves among ourselves, fear
  anxiety found among our members.

3
Their Remedy?

• We need to buy into their brand of grace
  love.
• Lay aside the weight of an obedience oriented
  gospel.
• Discover the cause of past unhappiness as
  Christians

4
Where do they get the idea that over emphasis on
obeying causes so much havoc in the church?

• Frequent references to quotations from
  denominational grace oriented writers gives us a
  pretty good idea
• Evil company corrupts good habits.
  1 Corinthians 1533
• Need to spend More Time with the Apostles
  prophets Less with writers commentators of
  today

5
Sample

• We dont carry out our marriage responsibilities
  to be married we do them because were already
  married through them were expressing our love
  for our spouse. We dont do works to be saved
  we do them because were already saved through
  them were expressing our love for Christ.
  (Matthew Allen)

6
He would Not say we are Not saved by Baptism.

• BUT this is same language used by grace/faith
  only teachers to deny it is essential to
  salvation!
• Will very likely influence others to adopt
  grace/faith only doctrine

7
Not enough to say we mean works we do after
becoming Christians

• Repentance Baptism are still works we do to
  be saved, not because we ARE saved!
• John 628,29 work the works of Godthat you
  believe in Him whom He sent.

8
Works done After Becoming Christians Contribute
to Salvation

• Philippians 212 work out your own salvation
  with fear trembling
• Should do works obedience
• Out of Love saved from sins
• Work out eternal salvation
• With fear trembling

9
Does Not Contradict not of works in Ephesians
28,9

• Not of works in sense of perfect obedience or
  law keeping
• Those saved by grace through faith walk in good
  works (Ephesians 210)
• They dont understand Biblical teaching on Grace
  or Works

10
New Testament Teaching on Grace

• Gods answer to SIN, but not Gods License to
  SIN!
• Romans 520-62
• Grace is NO EXCUSE for relaxing our diligence to
  keep the law of God
• 1 John 17-21
• 1 Thessalonians 522
• Hebrews 1026-29
• What if someone WILFULLY relaxes their efforts to
  avoid sin?

11
Titus 211,12

• Deny ungodliness worldly lust live soberly,
  righteously godly in this present world Gods
  grace teaches us to do this.
• Show love to Jesus by observing all he has
  commanded us 1 John 54 Matthew 2819,20
• Ephesians 51-7 be imitators of God as dear
  children. Walk in love, as Christ also has loved
  us.wrath of God comes upon sons of disobedience

12
Serve God out of Both Love Fear

• Jesus taught Both as legitimate motives to Serve
  Obey John 1415 Matthew 1028
• No reason to put either on back burner room for
  both

13
Works?

• Abraham Not justified by Works but was
  Justified by Works? Romans 42 James 221
• Different Kinds of Works
• Romans not justified by works of the law or
  works that would Earn him justification, making
  God obligated to him as a matter of debt.
• James justified by Works of Faith (Hebrews 118)

14
Works?

• Only Way salvation could be of works is through
  Perfect Law Keeping
• Does not Happen grace takes away the result of
  broken law sin
• Must respond to Grace with Obedient Faith that
  meets the conditions of pardon
• That leads to repentance, confession baptism
  Romans 108-17 Acts 238

15
Works?

• After being Pardoned
• Faith leads us to walk in the light
• Avoiding every form of evil, serving God
  acceptably with reverence godly fear, doing
  good to all men.
• Fall short, faith leads to Gods grace in
  Repentance Confession with Assurance God Will
  Forgive.
• Continue in sin LOST!

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True Spirituality Joy Only Found in Doing All
You Can to Please God by Not Sinning Against Him

• Advocate with the Father 1 John 21
• After you have done ALL He has commanded you
  still have no right to boast Luke 1710 "So
  likewise you, when you have done all those things
  which you are commanded, say, 'We are
  unprofitable servants. We have done what was our
  duty to do.'"