The Law. Yes or No: We are saved according to our obedience of God’s law.
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The Law. Yes or No: We are saved according to our obedience of God’s law.
Read more at the source: 5 The Faith of Abraham Discussion starters
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The Sabbath School Lesson title instantly brought to mind: Hymn 11, “The God of Abraham Praise” so we will commence our singing with this hymn. The introduction to our Sabbath School Lesson asks the question: “If Abraham’s works and law-keeping didn’t justify him before God, what hope do we have? This type of question is raised in: Hymn 571, “What Does the Lord Require” . In Sunday’s lesson we see that David was forgiven and restored. Each day we may ask in: Hymn 399, “Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive” .
Read more at the source: Singing with Inspiration – Lesson 5: The Faith of Abraham
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The issue Paul is dealing with here is much more than just theology. It gets to the heart and soul of salvation and of our relationship to God. If one believes that he or she must earn acceptance-that he or she must reach a certain standard of holiness before being justified and forgiven-then how natural to turn inward and to look to oneself and one’s deeds. Religion can become exceedingly self-centered, about the last thing anyone needs
Read more at the source: Monday: Debt or Grace?
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Read Romans 3:31 . What’s Paul’s point here? Why is this point important to us as Adventists?
Read more at the source: Sunday: The Law
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Image © Pacific Press from GoodSalt.com Read for This Week’s Study: Gen. 15:6 ; 2 Samuel 11-12 ; Rom. 3:20 , Romans 3:31 ; Romans 4:1-17 ; Gal. 3:21-23 ; 1 John 3:4 . Memory Text: “Do we then make void the law through faith
Read more at the source: Sabbath: The Faith of Abraham