Addendum
I was asked:
"Why, if we are made perfect by faith in Jesus and acceptance of what he’s done for us, does God still want us to follow the law/become more like the person he intended for us to be? If we are already perfect through faith, why does God want us to also be more like him through following the law? In other words, we want to because we know He wants us to, but why does He want us to? Why does sin still separate us from God once we believe in Jesus if that sin is forgiven and not counted against us, and we are not to feel guilty about it?"
I replied:
"Good questions - short answer, God doesn't want us to follow the law because it makes us more perfect in his eyes or anything (positional factor - having to do with salvation etc); he wants us to follow the law so that we can more fully experience Him and come closer to living the joyful, abundant life he originally intended for us (relational factor). Sin doesn't separate us from God, it separates us from being able to experience God fully."
If anything else I wrote seemed off, feel free to ask me about it!
P.S. I'll be putting up posts and pictures concerning the events of this past week as soon as I've got time! :)
"Why, if we are made perfect by faith in Jesus and acceptance of what he’s done for us, does God still want us to follow the law/become more like the person he intended for us to be? If we are already perfect through faith, why does God want us to also be more like him through following the law? In other words, we want to because we know He wants us to, but why does He want us to? Why does sin still separate us from God once we believe in Jesus if that sin is forgiven and not counted against us, and we are not to feel guilty about it?"
I replied:
"Good questions - short answer, God doesn't want us to follow the law because it makes us more perfect in his eyes or anything (positional factor - having to do with salvation etc); he wants us to follow the law so that we can more fully experience Him and come closer to living the joyful, abundant life he originally intended for us (relational factor). Sin doesn't separate us from God, it separates us from being able to experience God fully."
If anything else I wrote seemed off, feel free to ask me about it!
P.S. I'll be putting up posts and pictures concerning the events of this past week as soon as I've got time! :)
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