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The Trouble with Obedience

1/18/2015

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Toni Smothers                        [email protected]                               www.writingforthemaster.com

                   As children of God, we desire and faithfully pursue Christ’s redemption, while we also yearn for God’s grace. We pray that His Holy Spirit will saturate our lives. In our gratitude, we develop a truly worshipful love for our Savior. When God accepts our worship, His glory is revealed to us as He inhabits our praise. We experience a deep communion with God’s presence as He pours His love and unfathomable peace into our hearts and minds.  But, before any of that becomes possible, we must discard the world’s standards and replace them with God’s Law.

                   In the Old Testament we read about God’s demand for holy perfection and the blood sacrifices required for forgiveness of sin that the Israelites lived under. God says in Leviticus 18:5 (NIV), “Keep my decrees and laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.” You will notice that God doesn't say, keep some of the laws. God’s laws were, and still remain, inflexible and they demand complete obedience.
          
                   God is holy and He wants His people to be holy also. This is a very real problem for us. Even on our best day, even deliberately separating ourselves from the world, how could we shed all the pride and selfishness inherent in our nature? We try, sure, but we can’t actually live sinless lives. We are sinners in desperate need of complete change.

                   The Pastor, the Elders of your church or the Christian you most admire are all sinful people!

                   Even if we know Romans 7:22 by heart, (“With my whole heart I agree with the Law of God.”), we simply cannot live that out by ourselves. That’s the reason, in His love and mercy, God sent us Jesus. (See John 3:16) Jesus lived a sinless life and offered himself as the blood sacrifice for our sins. Jesus has broken sin’s power and polluting influence on us. God accepts Jesus’ covering over us and grants us forgiveness, an abundant life now with the Holy Spirit as our guide and an eternity with Him once we physically die. We are truly blessed!

For the law of the Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus, has set me free from the law of sin and death.  Romans 8:2
 

                              Check out Romans 8:1-11 to read more on this subject.

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    Bio: Toni Smothers has written articles for “Total Health”, “Let’s Live”, “People In Action” and “The North American Mentor” magazines.  She is a member of the Faithwriters.com writing community and was previously the editor for the teen section of their on-line magazine. She has written many programs, sermons, and skits and has edited several websites. Additionally, she has answered hundreds of questions for GotQuestions.org, a biblical resource site. Here is just one of their many testimonials: "Thank you for this insightful website! I was able to look up many questions I have asked over the years since becoming saved. The site is easy to navigate and gave me so much biblical background for answers that I feel my armor has been strengthened. You and your staff be encouraged to continue to speak the truth for God's glory." When Toni is not writing, she can usually be found cuddling with her 5 pound, furry, Chihuahua muse, “Princess Sweet Pea.” Toni Smothers studied homeopathy extensively and became a proficient layman. She wrote about homeopathy for “Total Health” and “Let’s Live” magazines. Smothers describes her experience befriending a refugee family from Laos in her article published in the travel magazine, “People in Action.” Additionally, “American Mentor” magazine has published some of her poetry. Smothers drew upon her fun experiences as a youth pastor to provide the needed insight to function as the editor of the teen section of “Faithwriters” magazine and she is a member of the Faithwriters.com writer’s community. 

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