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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Romans 5:10 " For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
OBW,
This verse states that the salvation after reconciliation is accomplished by His life. This is not the same thing as living according to decisions about right and wrong as you suggest.
The christian life is living out the life of a Person. To miss this is to miss the point of the christian life.
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I would suggest that you continue reading Romans. This kind of "fortune cookie" gospel results in skewed (or skewered) understanding of the scripture.
Yes, we are saved in his life. But that does not mean that we simply sit around and soak it up and we are changed. If we do nothing different, then where is the change — other than in theory?
I know that Lee was determined that we don't "do" outside of what we have received to do. I remember such nonsense as "premature revelation." I find no such thing in scripture. But both Paul and Peter (and probably all the others), plus Jesus himself, said to be righteous. Just 3 chapters after the verse you quote, Paul says to set your mind. To walk. If you don't walk, you will not fulfill the righteousness of the law.
How does Romans 5:10 say that we do not "do"? Of course we must have his life. But we do. And once we do, we are commanded to live as if we do. We are never commanded to wait for more. Peter very clearly said we had what we needed. Paul did too. When he spent all of that time talking about things like being crucified with Christ, he didn't say we need more. Or need to get on the cross. He said we
are crucified with Christ. And as a result of that, we should behave in a manor more congruous with the life that is within us. Paul didn't tell the Galatians to put off obedience until they got better crucified. He said they were, and so they should (obey, that is).
Yes the Christian life is living the life of Christ. And we have that life, so we should be living it. Not hiding behind a lack of it. (And if you think that I am suggesting that Lee thought that none of us had enough "life" to do it — contrary to what the scripture says — then you are just plain right.)