Whilst I agree with you because Jesus himself said it.
His commandments were summed up in two new ones.
I will also say and I will keep on saying it we need to be very careful in judging obedience.
I actually love your sentence
"trust in, rely upon, cling to and adhere to"
We all struggle with stuff, don't walk the walk as we want to. Stumble and so on.
What worries me is that I see people condemning others who do so and that is not right.
CLING TO
Genesis 32:24-28
24 Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. 25 Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. 26 And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.”
But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!”
If we cling on then surely God will bless us.
His commandments were summed up in two new ones.
I will also say and I will keep on saying it we need to be very careful in judging obedience.
I actually love your sentence
"trust in, rely upon, cling to and adhere to"
We all struggle with stuff, don't walk the walk as we want to. Stumble and so on.
What worries me is that I see people condemning others who do so and that is not right.
CLING TO
Genesis 32:24-28
24 Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. 25 Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. 26 And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.”
But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!”
If we cling on then surely God will bless us.
I beg you to notice who is condemning who.
I have not seen anyone from the side that believes Jesus' commandments are to be kept condemning anyone.
OTOH, I've seen quite a few perons here condemning those who WANT TO ADHERE TO THE WORDS OF JESUS.
Now, to me this is calling the White kettle black.
Those who desire to do good deeds and state here that this is what Jesus taught, have been constantly called names and been made fun of.
There is condemning going on here, but NOT by those who wish to BELIEVE and FOLLOW and HOLD ON TO and EMULATE Jesus.
Why?
Simply because Jesus would not be too happy about it and we try to imitate Him (as best we can).
It seems like those on the "Nothing needs to be done but 'believe' " are the ones doing all the condemning.
I'm sorry that I'm making such a point of this, but I do believe it's very important so that blame is not incorrectly atrributed.