But you are a new creation in Christ. We have died and are now born again by faith in the Son of God. We're saved by grace through faith.
He gives us everything we need for life and godliness, but it's our faith because He gives it to us. Righteousness is imputed to us and so we walk in righteousness.
It's His righteousness that He gives us, He adds it to our account. We are now partakers of the divine nature and so because we are, we will walk in truth, in righteousness and holiness.
Jesus doesn't tell us to count of His faithfulness, He tells us to be faithful. If you read some of the others posts, one of the examples is when Jesus says that your faith has made you whole.
So it's my faith in Him that heals me, that causes me to walk in righteousness and holiness. There's a co-operation with the Spirit that works within us and empowers us to say no to sin. When we don't say no, it's our flesh that's sinning and we need to ask for forgiveness. He convicts us of our sin so that we can confess our sins and be cleansed of all unrighteousness.
So when God says for me to obey, I'm doing the obeying, not Jesus. When He tells me to love my brother, I'm to love my brother. Jesus isn't doing the loving. He gives me the love so that I can love others.
So maybe this is a reformation teaching?
He gives us everything we need for life and godliness, but it's our faith because He gives it to us. Righteousness is imputed to us and so we walk in righteousness.
It's His righteousness that He gives us, He adds it to our account. We are now partakers of the divine nature and so because we are, we will walk in truth, in righteousness and holiness.
Jesus doesn't tell us to count of His faithfulness, He tells us to be faithful. If you read some of the others posts, one of the examples is when Jesus says that your faith has made you whole.
So it's my faith in Him that heals me, that causes me to walk in righteousness and holiness. There's a co-operation with the Spirit that works within us and empowers us to say no to sin. When we don't say no, it's our flesh that's sinning and we need to ask for forgiveness. He convicts us of our sin so that we can confess our sins and be cleansed of all unrighteousness.
So when God says for me to obey, I'm doing the obeying, not Jesus. When He tells me to love my brother, I'm to love my brother. Jesus isn't doing the loving. He gives me the love so that I can love others.
So maybe this is a reformation teaching?