Paul believed it was our faith is Christ or God was deemed as our righteousness.
Jesus walked in the law and fulfilled the requirements of the law in His death on the cross for the forgiveness of sins.
The question then becomes morality, of what value is it and how are we righteous or in fellowship with God in our walk?
It appears our behaviour is not deemed as righteousness or acceptable, but our faith in Christ.
We are in the process of sanctification, changing from the inheritence of sinful behaviour, a distorted body and often natural impulses, into a child of God. Our failures are very real, but the rope that holds us tight is the faith we hold on to.
Repetitive sin, strains and sometimes breaks this faith. But if we accept Jesus at His word, and return, and believe we have received the forgiveness offered. This completes the issue of failure or working things through in our lives, and resolves the issue of one sin or failure breaks the relationship or fellowship. It strains it, but faith is maintained. Peter denied Christ, yet he knew this failure did not break the love Jesus had for Him and he could come back and repent.
Now Calvanism resolves this issue with saying you are saved through accepting Christ which means from then on all your future sins are forgiven, you have the righteousness of Christ and so are perfect forever in Gods eyes. Even if you loose faith you are still saved. So the focus is on this declaration of faith and nothing more.
Paul would say rather keeping faith is what matters above all.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
2 Tim 4:7
To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations
Rev 2:26
Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
Rev 3:4
Jesus walked in the law and fulfilled the requirements of the law in His death on the cross for the forgiveness of sins.
The question then becomes morality, of what value is it and how are we righteous or in fellowship with God in our walk?
It appears our behaviour is not deemed as righteousness or acceptable, but our faith in Christ.
We are in the process of sanctification, changing from the inheritence of sinful behaviour, a distorted body and often natural impulses, into a child of God. Our failures are very real, but the rope that holds us tight is the faith we hold on to.
Repetitive sin, strains and sometimes breaks this faith. But if we accept Jesus at His word, and return, and believe we have received the forgiveness offered. This completes the issue of failure or working things through in our lives, and resolves the issue of one sin or failure breaks the relationship or fellowship. It strains it, but faith is maintained. Peter denied Christ, yet he knew this failure did not break the love Jesus had for Him and he could come back and repent.
Now Calvanism resolves this issue with saying you are saved through accepting Christ which means from then on all your future sins are forgiven, you have the righteousness of Christ and so are perfect forever in Gods eyes. Even if you loose faith you are still saved. So the focus is on this declaration of faith and nothing more.
Paul would say rather keeping faith is what matters above all.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
2 Tim 4:7
To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations
Rev 2:26
Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
Rev 3:4