What's obedience?

"True obedience is the outworking of a principle within. It springs from the love of righteousness, the love of the law of God. The essence of all righteousness is loyalty to our Redeemer. This will lead us to do right because it is right--because right doing is pleasing to God."

"Obedience is the highest dictate of reason as well as of conscience" {AA 506.2}.

"Willing Obedience Is the Test of Conversion.-- Shall we not teach our children that willing obedience to the will of God proves whether those claiming to be Christians are Christians indeed? The Lord means every word He says" {CG 489.3}.


May your life be filled true obedience,


gcw

(Ps. Please dont use this good topic to launch yet another foray into Agricolan antinomianism).

First of all I ask you what obedience is....Why did you give me EGW's views....?

Secondly I didn't get an answer.

The man of Romans 7 delight in God's law according to the inward man....So just because your heart is in harmony with God's law doesn't mean you'll be obedient to the law.

So, what is obedience?

Please don't use this good topic to launch yet another foray into Agricolan antinomianism,




regards,



oG

The topic is legalists.... So you need to get

OK, I think I'm catching on. So some people believe they are saved by NOT keeping the commandments? I understand that we can twist Paul to say that keeping the commandments has nothing to do with salvation, but how can we get from "no merit" to preaching that there IS salvific merit in NOT keeping the commandments?

I would think that to be too much of a stretch even for a disgruntled Adventist.

The Pharisees were full time law keepers, but Jesus said:

"I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven."