I will give you the benifit of the doubt this one time. We certainly do teach loving obediance, BUT NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF EARNING SALVATION, which is a FALSE GOSPEL. Loving Obedience is a natural characteristic of the Born Again Human Spirit that WAS SAVED THE VERY MOMENT Genuine FAITH first entered our heart. Our ONLY MOTIVE FOR STRIVING TO WALK IN OBEDIENCE IS BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM. What is your MOTIVE for Obeying HIM? If it is to earn Salvation, you are still LOST, are not BORN AGAIN, and do not even KNOW HIM.
John 14:15 (HCSB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] “If you love Me {SAVED, SURE OF IT, NEVER CAN LOSE IT, AND THAT IS 100% BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS AND WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DID IN OUR HEARTS}, you will keep My commands. {The Born Again Human Spirit by nature LOVES the Lord GOD, because the Holy Spirit poured GOD's LOVE directly into our hearts the moment we genuinely Believed, Rom. 5:5. Striving to obey Him is how we show our LOVE for HIM; it has nothing to do with Salvation or Keeping Salvation.}
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I believe that the sin of disobedience separated us from God.
Romans 5:19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
Will the disobedient be saved?
Ephesians 5:6-7 LET NO ONE DECEIVE YOU with empty words, for because of such things GOD’S WRATH COMES ON THOSE WHO ARE DISOBEDIENT. Therefore do not be partners with them.
Ephesians 2:1-2 As for you, you were DEAD in your transgressions and SINS, in which YOU USED TO LIVE when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are DISOBEDIENT.
DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD’S COMMANDS IS HATRED FOR GOD.
Romans 8:6-7 The mind of sinful man is DEATH, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is HOSTILE TO GOD. It does not SUBMIT to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Titus 1:16 They claim to know God, BUT BY THEIR ACTIONS THEY DENY HIM. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
Romans 1:32 Although THEY KNOW God’s righteous decree that those who do such things DESERVE DEATH, they not only CONTINUE TO DO these very things but ALSO APPROVE OF THOSE WHO PRACTICE THEM.
LET US OBEY GOD WITH OUR HOLY FAITH IN THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AND THE LOVE OF GOD FOR OUR SALVATION
Matthew 19:17 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. IF YOU WANT TO ENTER LIFE, OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS.”
Hebrews 5:7-10 During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the SOURCE OF ETERNAL SALVATION FOR THOSE WHO OBEY HIM and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Ephesians 1:13-14 And you also were included in Christ when you heard THE WORD OF TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.
1 John 3:14-18 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE REMAINS IN DEATH. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him. This is how we know what LOVE is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not LOVE with words or tongue but with ACTIONS AND IN TRUTH.
1 John 5:3 This is LOVE FOR GOD: to OBEY his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
John 14:15 “IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL OBEY WHAT I COMMAND..
Romans 13:10-14 Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore,LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW. And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because OUR SALVATION IS NEARER NOW than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.