Debbie wrote: > Speaking of kids ... I am glad they don't reduce > their relationship with me to obedience.
I agree, Debbie, and I appreciate your analogy. It certainly is valid. The other side of this coin, however, is that if your children were disobedient, the law demands that they lose their relationship with you. The law says to take them to the elders to be stoned. Doesn't this mean that while relationship is not established upon obedience (something I think we all agree upon), obedience is an expected character trait that those who are in relationship with God and one another are expected to have? Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
