"The life of faith seems so simple and easy in theory, that I can point it out to others in few words; but in practice it is very difficult, and my advances are so slow, that I hardly dare say I get forward at all."
- John Newton
Believing in Jesus is what it means to "obey the gospel."
Believing in Jesus is accepting, receiving, and resting on him alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life.
@nocoradio A call for us to do anything is not the gospel. The gospel is outside of us... specifically what Jesus did 2,000 years ago for us. Christians justified sola fide produce the fruit of obedience (imperfectly) as we are being sanctified, one of those fruits being denying ourself.
@nocoradio The gospel is what Jesus did in His life, death, and resurrection for our Salvation. In life He perfectly fulfilled the law. In death He bore our sin receiving the punishment we deserve. He rose again for our Justification defeating death and validating who He claimed to be.
The natural man cannot but resist the Lord's offering to help him; yet that resistance is infallibly overcome in the elect, by converting grace.
- Thomas Boston
Thou shalt not be fat.
Thou shalt be liked.
Thou shalt be open minded.
Thou shalt be popular.
Thou shalt be successful.
Thou shalt win.
Thou shalt dream big.
Thou shalt not settle.
Just a few of the laws written on cultural tablets, by which we are evaluated, judged, and sentenced every day.
How refreshing, then, when we hear from the lips of Jesus, not a command but a promise: ‘’You are mine forever.’’