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"Here is the patience of the SAINTS,
who KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS
AND HAVE THE FAITH OF JESUS". Rev. 14;12
"God commandments are not grevious."
With God it is possible, with Man it is Not.
For many "make void the commandments of God while teaching the commandments of men. (See Matt. 15:9)
There are those who claim we are sanctified by our works, but no, we are sanctified by God's Spirit which leads us to obedience. Sanctification is BY FAITH, a faith that works by love unto obedience.
for straight is the gate and narrow the path that leads to salvation and few find it. (Matt. 7:7)
The principle involved in obedience or disobedience is not whether we think something is Ok or not, it is the majesty of the Lawgiver, it is God's who gave those commandments, do we TRUST AND HAVE FAITH in HIM, enough to surrender our own inclinations and desires to HIS WILL?
Zeke[/b]