All that the New Testament
says about obedience and hearkening is indissolubly linked to the gospel and faith, to hearing the joyous tidings of God.
Not exact matches
In fact, I remember when I was a kid and listening to our pastor basically justify abuse of wife & kids at the father's hands because the bible
says the family must be obedient to the father (and it does
say that
about the
obedience part).
Let us
say once more, for emphasis, what we have already
said about the Call of the Fishermen: Jesus» summons to a life of faith and
obedience desacralizes work.
The reason they are mnot saved is because of lawlessness rather than being
obedience to Gods word they believed in Jesus Christ but because of there hearts did not walk according to the word and because it speaks of signs and wonders it seems more
about them and the works that they did.Of course none of us are saved by works.How do you understand that passage as some are saved and some are not it seems clear that to be saved we must believe and also walk in
obedience to Gods word.brentnz A Tree and its Fruit mat 7: 2Many will
say to Me on that day, «Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?»
Jesus
said not to take much thought
about what you eat or drink, and in the United States
obedience to this text is running high.
I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then
says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and
says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks
about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He
says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even
says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to
obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».
Read your statement again and then make a list of all the things the bible
says to do — that you don't do, being careful to note verses
about sexual lust, greed, gluttony, slothfulness, love,
obedience, etc..
When one couples this with what we have
said earlier
about man's freedom, the openness to the future which is before each of us and all of us, and the importance of decision as to choices made, the moral question is radically transformed from
obedience to arbitrary command to willing acceptance of the invitation of love.
I've listened to my sisters grieve over how they never knew how to
say no when they were approached by sexual predators, because they didn't know they had the basic human right to do so after being taught things like first - time
obedience and assuming the best
about those in authority no matter what (because God put them in authority, so they have inside info on God's will).
He
says that his 30 years of teaching left him with the realization that «Institutionalized schooling... is
about obedience in exchange for favors and advantages.»
Speaking on the non-appearance of the IGP, Saraki
said, «Just talking
about the issue of the police, we also raised the issue of the non-appearance of the IG at the senate and felt that they must continue to ensure that he continues to apply
obedience to the issue of constituted authority.
There's so much more to tell, but I'll keep it short right now... just
say I'm a straight male who loves women, but also wants to fully experience the forbidden pleasures of ABDL, Sissy Training, Panty Boy
Obedience, *****, Diapers, Panties, Panties and More Panties... also love everything
about...
About 160 breeds will be competing in agility,
obedience and rally competitions, where the dogs must follow the direction of their handler in the ring, she
says.
The interesting thing is to see that a.) None provide any credentials proving their methods are better; b.) they don't like the tone of the article — then again, a lot of people, when all they do is talk among those who only agree with them get offended when they run across someone that isn't in lock step with them; c.) they try to attack me personally, as a «hater», which is totally unfair and judgmental
about someone whom they have never met; d.) can't point to any specific dogs with significant accomplishments that have been clicker trained — hunting, police,
obedience, tracking, etc... and just finding a specimen or two isn't very convincing evidence... get enough dogs and sometimes you'll find the genius dog that almost trains itself; e.) there is no point by point refutation of what I've
said, supported by third party evidence.
That's why I
say that in my classes, my Basic
Obedience course is the equivalent of a dog taking
about 1 1/2 to 2 years of weekly group lessons (approximately 50 to 100 group lessons).