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"Never 'Obedience'"
by John & Kelly Sielski
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08/19/2016
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"Perfection": Father's love, never "obedience".
Matthew 5: 43-48 (KJV)
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
1 John 3: 13-18, 23 (KJV)
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth [*despises] his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? [*This implies that we have an active relationship with one another, have actual and experiential fellowship with one another.]
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
23 And this is his commandment [*now, the Divine Nature fulfilled within us], That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Romans 16: 24-26 (KJV)
24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: [**"FAITH" IS the "obedience"! This is not the same thing as "obedience to the Law" or "obedience to commandments"; or even, necessarily, "obedience to what the Father is 'saying to ME'".]
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John & Kelly Sielski
Colossians 1: 25-29
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Today's Voice Christian Fellowship
P.O. Box 6705
Wyomissing, PA 19610
Church Office#: (610) 670-9305
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