Yes that is very truth Carleeta and we shall kept the commandment by God to be obedience . Thanks for share this with me. Addison
O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] window live messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carleeta Manser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 5:13 AM Subject: {dbilg} Power For Obedience > > Power for Obedience > > If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have > kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. John 15:10. > > Some who claim to believe in Jesus Christ as their Saviour have said, > "No one can keep the law." On this point the words of Christ are decisive. > He states, "I have kept my Father's commandments." And He is our example > in > all things. . . . > > In the Sermon on the Mount Christ plainly declared His mission. "Think > not," He said, "that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am > not > come to destroy, but to fulfil" (Matt. 5:17). He came to carry out > literally > every specification concerning which the prophets had borne testimony. He > who existed with the Father before the creation of the world, Himself gave > the prophecies recorded by holy men--the prophecies that He came afterward > to fulfill. . . . > > Christ's position with His Father is one of equality. This enabled Him > to become a sin offering for transgressors. He was fully sufficient to > magnify the law and make it honorable. . . . He separated the precepts of > Jehovah from the maxims and traditions of men. He held up the Ten > Commandments as an expression of truth in all its purity. . . . > > Christ came to the world to counteract Satan's falsehood that God had > made a law which men could not keep. Taking humanity upon Himself, He came > to this earth, and by a life of obedience showed that God has not made a > law > that man cannot keep. He showed that it is possible for man perfectly to > obey the law. Those who accept Christ as their Saviour, becoming partakers > of His divine nature, are enabled to follow His example, living in > obedience > to every precept of the law. Through the merits of Christ, man is to show > by > his obedience that he could be trusted in heaven, that he would not rebel. > > Christ possessed the same nature that man possesses. He was tempted in > all points like as man is tempted. The same power by which He obeyed is at > man's command. > >>From That I May Know Him - Page 292 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
