God’s pleasure

[Tone]

Abraham was called a friend of God and that wasn't law was it?

Abraham's faith is found in Torah.

 

[Gideons300]

Abraham was called a friend of God and that wasn't law was it?

Jesus said this:

“You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.”

Shall we cut that out of our gospel? If we do, we do so at eternal risk.

Blessings,

Gideon

 

[Tone]

I’m not fussing. I was just curious to see who thinks they need to do something besides believe, and who rests in the finished work of Christ.

What about my asterisk (*) question...answer?

 

[StevenBelievin]

Obeying doesn’t make us His friends. That would be law, not gospel.

True. Cart before the horse. We obey because we are His friends. He said if you are my friends you will keep my commandments.

 

[TheSeabass]

If God sees you in Christ, isn’t He pleased?

it takes obedience to be in Christ and God is pleased when men obey Him.

 

[TheSeabass]

Got it. So if follow the law (get baptized) then I’m obeying the gospel.

Obeying the GOSPEL by being water baptized.

2 Thessalonians 1:8
1 Peter 4:17
Romans 10:16

 

[WherevertheWindblows]

Jesus said this:

“You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.”

Shall we cut that out of our gospel? If we do, we do so at eternal risk.

Blessings,

Gideon

I know, that was the verse someone else said pertained to the law, so I brought up Abraham being a friend of God who was before the law, you might have meant to quote someone else concerning it

 

[StevenBelievin]

Believing is not mental ascent in agreeing Jesus rose from the dead. It is loving light and hating darkness.

On the final day, Jesus will look past all our works or lack of them, all our words or lack of them, and stare straight into the thoughts and intents of our hearts. That ought to terrify some, but sadly, for most it does not. Ears to hear, they hear not. Eyes to see they see not, for ultimately, it is those who hate their lives and long to lose them who will hear the blessed words “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”

Blessings,

Gideon

I know it scares the poo out of me. I genuinely care about what He thinks of me.

 

[WherevertheWindblows]

Abraham's faith is found in Torah.

Yes I acknowledged Abraham in it

 

[Hammster]

Abraham was called a friend of God and that wasn't law was it?

He was justified by faith.

 

[Hammster]

Believing is not mental ascent in agreeing Jesus rose from the dead. It is loving light and hating darkness.

On the final day, Jesus will look past all our works or lack of them, all our words or lack of them, and stare straight into the thoughts and intents of our hearts. That ought to terrify some, but sadly, for most it does not. Ears to hear, they hear not. Eyes to see they see not, for ultimately, it is those who hate their lives and long to lose them who will hear the blessed words “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”

Blessings,

Gideon

Faith is trusting in Christ. Your definition or understanding isn’t in scripture.

 

[WherevertheWindblows]

He was justified by faith.

Exactly, didn't you say that being a friend of God pertained to the law?

 

[Hammster]

Jesus said this:

“You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.”

Shall we cut that out of our gospel? If we do, we do so at eternal risk.

Blessings,

Gideon

You’ve confused an imperative with an indicative.

 

[Hammster]

What about my asterisk (*) question...answer?

2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? - Galatians 3:2-3

The answer to the rhetorical question is that we received the Spirit by faith. And we aren’t being perfected by the flesh.

 

[Hammster]

it takes obedience to be in Christ and God is pleased when men obey Him.

Then you don’t understand the gospel.

 

[Hammster]

Obeying the GOSPEL by being water baptized.

2 Thessalonians 1:8
1 Peter 4:17
Romans 10:16

That doesn’t support your assertion.

 

[Hammster]

Exactly, didn't you say that being a friend of God pertained to the law?

No.

 

[Bible Highlighter]

Obeying the GOSPEL by being water baptized.

2 Thessalonians 1:8
1 Peter 4:17
Romans 10:16

If you are interested, I created a thread for "What is obedience to the gospel?"

What is obedience to the gospel?

 

[WherevertheWindblows]

No.

What did you mean by this? Because Jesus says you are my friends if you do whatsoever I command you and Abraham was called a friend of God also.

 

[Hammster]

What did you mean by this? Because Jesus says you are my friends if you do whatsoever I command you and Abraham was called a friend of God also.

Obeying is indicative, not imperative.