Movements of grace (daisy chains-not earned but able to position self for more)
You have the free will to accept or reject through the grace given - he does not coerce or manipulate or force-he offers conversion of heart with agreement to his laws & ways.
Accept to fulfill destiny of being united to God for eternity.
Reject at any stage can result in not fulfilling the destiny of all mankind-to be in Christ.
- God gives us commands (10-Love-Worship-etc) All are called to obey the laws of God
- God determines what sin is
- God tells us we sinned
- All fall short and called to admit sin
- All called repent knowing you cannot change yourself
- All called to live in dependence asking for mercy forgiveness and grace to obey his commands, repenting when fall
- Faith is a free submission of my intellect and will to God, Entrusting my whole self entirely to Him, And assenting to all he has revealed, Because God is truth itself.
- Justified by Faith (submission)
- Sanctification as I walk in the Spirit (cooperation with Grace as I walk in fear and trembling)
- Justification and Sanctification are one unit.
- Reward is only by endurance until I get home (salvation not complete until the end-ongoing journey)
Daily battle to be engaged against the flesh and dependent on Grace surrendered to His Will and Laws all the way home.
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