Comments on: Don’t Let Go. Don’t Let God.

By: Mike Bull

Mike Bull — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:25:29 +0000

Thanks Trev – very helpful

By: Trev

Trev — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:16:00 +0000

Great, refreshing article Mike. I remember hearing Jim Jordan state that obeying the OT law (10 commandments) was/is easy. John the Baptist’s parents did so perfectly (Luke 1). I think, as westerners, we come to the word perfect and load it up. We often forget that perfectly obeying the Law also included doing what the Law said when one sinned – i.e. be covenantally faithful – by confessing, repenting and making restitution when necessary.

I believe the trouble we have today in understanding works is solved in a correct view/understanding of the covenant and how it practically effects all of life. Maybe it is even bigger – the Bible is a big book and every story/detail is not about how someone sinned and was forgiven ~ it includes salvation, the holy war and God taking us from infancy to maturity (think that’s a J Jordan thing). In other words -western Christendom has a very narow view of the narrative and needs to grow up a little (actually a lot)!

By: Kelby Carlson

Kelby Carlson — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:26:43 +0000

I’ve been reading a ton about this recently. Your post ads to what I’ve been reading As I get older, I realize that–like I did when i was younger–just praying that God would make it easier to obey won’t work. We can obey him, but we have to *want* to and we have to try.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:46:26 +0000

Well said. How do we get people beyond equating “works” with “merit”? That is such an unhelpful paradigm…