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<blockquote data-quote="ALoveDivine" data-source="post: 68808636" data-attributes="member: 264699"><p>Love is the fruit of faith. Authentic faith manifests itself in love for God and people. If you have a faith that does not bring forth the fruit of love, it is not a saving faith. There is a huge difference between intellectual assent, and faith. Faith is a deep trust and commitment. If you trust and are committed to your spouse, will you cheat on her or will you love her? It is the same with God. If you trust and are committed to God, you will love him. We are not saved by a moment of "faith", or intellectual assent to doctrines, but by a lifetime of faith. Faithfulness would be another way of stating it.</p><p></p><p>Marriage is actually a very good analogy. Consider faith in Christ as a marriage to Christ. You are choosing to commit yourself to him until the day you die, and you are choosing to love him and be faithful to him, which means abandoning sin, the indulgence in which would constitute spiritual adultery. Yet Christ will never 'divorce' you, even when are spiritually adulterous he will forgive you if you repent and the relationship will be reconciled. But you CAN divorce Christ of your own free will, and choose to love sin rather than Christ. In such a case the relationship is dissolved, and the salvation that comes with it is forfeited. </p><p></p><p>The just shall live by faith, and in Romans Paul opens by saying he is sent to proclaim <em>the obedience of faith </em>to all nations. Faith is the root, love is the fruit. And as James says, faith without works is a dead faith.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ALoveDivine, post: 68808636, member: 264699"] Love is the fruit of faith. Authentic faith manifests itself in love for God and people. If you have a faith that does not bring forth the fruit of love, it is not a saving faith. There is a huge difference between intellectual assent, and faith. Faith is a deep trust and commitment. If you trust and are committed to your spouse, will you cheat on her or will you love her? It is the same with God. If you trust and are committed to God, you will love him. We are not saved by a moment of "faith", or intellectual assent to doctrines, but by a lifetime of faith. Faithfulness would be another way of stating it. Marriage is actually a very good analogy. Consider faith in Christ as a marriage to Christ. You are choosing to commit yourself to him until the day you die, and you are choosing to love him and be faithful to him, which means abandoning sin, the indulgence in which would constitute spiritual adultery. Yet Christ will never 'divorce' you, even when are spiritually adulterous he will forgive you if you repent and the relationship will be reconciled. But you CAN divorce Christ of your own free will, and choose to love sin rather than Christ. In such a case the relationship is dissolved, and the salvation that comes with it is forfeited. The just shall live by faith, and in Romans Paul opens by saying he is sent to proclaim [I]the obedience of faith [/I]to all nations. Faith is the root, love is the fruit. And as James says, faith without works is a dead faith. [/QUOTE]
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