Comments on: Dental Condemnation http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2007/11/dental-condemnation.html Connecting God's Truth to Real Life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:02:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stephen Altrogge http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2007/11/dental-condemnation.html/comment-page-1#comment-351 Stephen Altrogge Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:54:00 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=197#comment-351 Jul and Lydia,<br/><br/>Thanks so much for reading the blog and for your comments. I really appreciate them. Perhaps I need to clarify a bit here.<br/><br/>When I say I must live according to God's standards, I do not mean to obtain salvation. I will never be saved by my obedience to God's law. I am saved only by Jesus Christ and his obedience. <br/><br/>However, as a Christian I am still called to make every effort to obey God and his standards. I am commanded by God (hence the word "must") to pursue holiness, put off sin, and put on righteousness (Col 3). So even though I'm not trying to obey God to earn salvation, I am called to make every effort towards obedience. This obedience can only be done by God's power.<br/><br/>Does this make sense? Jul and Lydia,

Thanks so much for reading the blog and for your comments. I really appreciate them. Perhaps I need to clarify a bit here.

When I say I must live according to God’s standards, I do not mean to obtain salvation. I will never be saved by my obedience to God’s law. I am saved only by Jesus Christ and his obedience.

However, as a Christian I am still called to make every effort to obey God and his standards. I am commanded by God (hence the word “must”) to pursue holiness, put off sin, and put on righteousness (Col 3). So even though I’m not trying to obey God to earn salvation, I am called to make every effort towards obedience. This obedience can only be done by God’s power.

Does this make sense?

]]> By: lydia joy http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2007/11/dental-condemnation.html/comment-page-1#comment-350 lydia joy Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:55:00 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=197#comment-350 Hello, checking out your blog, I am all too familiar with expereincing condemnation myself, and I agree with both you and Julie, remembering the gospel is the only solution to defeat condemnation, to remember that God accepts us fully and sees us as righteous is Awesome! I have to agree with Julie again and say, we do not have to live by God's standards, the law. Christ abolished the law, and we are in a New Covenant of Grace.....we now live by faith...I honestly think when we try to live up to the law we will always battle condemnation because the whole Law was meant to be kept, who can do that? And since we are dead to the Law and alive in Christ we can be free from condemnation by faith in the Gospel...<br/>Anyway, I know God does not intend for us to experience condemnation ever - so cling to this and yes let's keep preaching the gospel to ourselves! Hello, checking out your blog, I am all too familiar with expereincing condemnation myself, and I agree with both you and Julie, remembering the gospel is the only solution to defeat condemnation, to remember that God accepts us fully and sees us as righteous is Awesome! I have to agree with Julie again and say, we do not have to live by God’s standards, the law. Christ abolished the law, and we are in a New Covenant of Grace…..we now live by faith…I honestly think when we try to live up to the law we will always battle condemnation because the whole Law was meant to be kept, who can do that? And since we are dead to the Law and alive in Christ we can be free from condemnation by faith in the Gospel…
Anyway, I know God does not intend for us to experience condemnation ever – so cling to this and yes let’s keep preaching the gospel to ourselves!

]]> By: jul http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2007/11/dental-condemnation.html/comment-page-1#comment-349 jul Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:14:00 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=197#comment-349 You are definately right that we should never feel condemnation because of the cross, and I appreciate your bold assertion of God's grace, however, I must disagree with something else you wrote.<br/><br/>You wrote: "As a Christian, I must live by God's standards." I want to humbly submit that that is wrong. As a Christian, we are to live by the Spirit and Him only.<br/>As long as we are trying to live up to God's standards (the law) we will experience condemnation. <br/>Romans 8: 1-2 says: "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus because the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death." <br/>The New Testament is full of verses telling us that we are dead to the law, it's obsolete, we're no longer under it, etc..it only stands for the unjust, that is unbelievers (1 timothy 1:8...)and that Jesus fulfilled the law for us and is the end of the law for all who believe. <br/><br/>I definately agree that the gospel is the answer for condemnation! You are definately right that we should never feel condemnation because of the cross, and I appreciate your bold assertion of God’s grace, however, I must disagree with something else you wrote.

You wrote: “As a Christian, I must live by God’s standards.” I want to humbly submit that that is wrong. As a Christian, we are to live by the Spirit and Him only.
As long as we are trying to live up to God’s standards (the law) we will experience condemnation.
Romans 8: 1-2 says: “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus because the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
The New Testament is full of verses telling us that we are dead to the law, it’s obsolete, we’re no longer under it, etc..it only stands for the unjust, that is unbelievers (1 timothy 1:8…)and that Jesus fulfilled the law for us and is the end of the law for all who believe.

I definately agree that the gospel is the answer for condemnation!

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