what's going on guys philip blair torch
of christ ministries i want to continue
building on some of these ideas that we
have introduced in past videos um
you know we've mentioned
that the grace of god
found through jesus christ is how we
stand before the father
positioned as a child of god we've
talked about how it is only by the
living blood of jesus that we find
atonement for sins and right standing
with god and favor with god it's only
through
these very biblical truths that we find
a new and living way through the new
covenant
being established by the sacrifice of
christ we have
everything everything is established
it's set forth it's put in motion and
we're we're saved by grace through faith
we're kept by grace through faith
so what does that leave us what about
obedience why are we leaving our
obedience because we talked about if
we're saved by grace the faith kept by
grace through faith where does obedience
come into play and here's where we
discuss that concept
obedience is incredibly important
obedience is
a very huge sign of whether you're a
child of god or not
even in the old testament
god spoke
through
the prophet samuel to saul saying that
obedience is greater than sacrifice
that it was never the plan of god or the
will of god for us to go out and live
however we want to live and sin as much
as we want and then take a bowl of ram
before god and and that shed blood of
that animal be the atonement that we
need to give right standing with god and
it was even though in leviticus it
talked about the smoke from the
sacrifice would go up as a sweet savior
unto god it was never his plan for us to
use the sacrifice as a means to sin
shall we continue in sin that grace
might abound god forbid
so
obedience is incredibly important to god
it is a huge deal
but it doesn't create our salvation
doesn't keep our salvation
are we saved by grace through faith are
we kept by grace through faith
are we continuing in faith that's the
key are we in faith or are we not in
faith when we say are we in faith does
that it's not just this cliche christian
concept where we say are you
is he in the faith or is he not in the
faith so if we're saved by faith
kept by faith are we in the faith you
see what i'm throwing this concept
around because we don't say
is he in obedience or not because that's
not a biblical concept but somewhere
along the way this the enemies snuck in
crept in unawares and got us into these
very unbiblical ideas and doctrines
where we think that obedience is the
recipe to salvation when the truth is
it's the evidence of salvation
abraham
if we look in hebrews chapter 11 i
believe it's 11 right hebrews chapter 11
abraham by faith went
and took isaac
and made an altar and set isaac on the
altar and raised the knife to sacrifice
his only begotten son unto god in faith
and it was not his
desire to be obedient unto god that made
him do it it was his desire to walk in
faith that made him obedient unto god it
was the closeness the intimacy the uh
the the trust that abraham had
towards god that made him obedient you
see there's a power in that there's a
power in that where we see
i'm going to read this by faith abraham
when he was tried offered up isaac and
he that had received the promises
offered up his only begotten son and how
much
more does it mean to us believing in
this truth that the father gave his only
begotten son for us that through him we
might have life accounting that god was
able to raise him up
even from the dead from whence also he
received him in a figure and how much
more powerful is that verse in knowing
that god raised jesus from the dead
knowing not only did he give his only
begotten son but that he raised him up
in power so that through him not through
your obedience but that through him you
might have life by grace through faith
it's not through obedience the obedience
comes as a result and attribution of the
faith found in god trusting in god so
wholeheartedly so deeply and intimately
by saying god i don't know what you're
doing i don't know where you're taking
me i don't know what this is supposed to
look like but i know that you're in
control of my life and if you're telling
me to do this i trust you so completely
i know that the outcome will be great i
know that the latter will be greater
than the former the latter glory being
greater than the former i don't
understand these new ideas that you'll
bring to see this is what some of these
some of these old religious figures
might have thought when they heard the
words of jesus for the first time i
don't understand these new ideas that
are being brought before my mind and
before my heart but god i trust you and
i know that if you're taking me away
from the form of glory i know the latter
glory is going to be greater and i want
to receive that knowing that as the
temple was made with human hands now the
temple was made in perfection in the
seat of abraham through jesus christ and
that temple can be found in us because
we are his temple his glory dwells how
amazing is this truth and so knowing
that by grace through faith my god lives
in me i want to please him i want to
obey him i want to do anything and
everything that i can to give glory unto
my god the evidence of my salvation
being found through obedience in jesus
christ i am obedient to the point of
death because i know in whom i have
believed i know he will finish the work
he has started in me my faith
is made evident by my obedience
and my obedience will always lead me
into greater glory
you see there's so many examples in
hebrews chapter 11 of men of god who
obeyed god because of their faith
daniel
being still in the in the line of in
this i can't talk
daniel being still in the den of lines
trusting in god
obeying him
believing you know what he knew that
there was not going to be a good outcome
to him stan kneeling in front of the
window praying
even though he had been forbidden to
pray
he knew that it would cost him something
but it was his dedication to god and his
faith in whom he believed in
it will always take us into greater and
greater works of faith for as the body
without the spirit is dead so faith
without works is dead also dead works
would be burnt up but works by faith
will always be
found in that new and living way that
that life found in jesus can be then
breathed into our works and go forth as
power that can resurrect dead souls from
the grave unto life the power of god
going forth in action we speak by faith
we hear by faith we uh obey by faith god
in his infinite wisdom gave us the gift
of grace by faith
so that we can't stand before the throne
of god and boast in our own self
righteousness and our own wisdom in the
knowledge of men in dead works because
all that will be burnt up with fire
and if you're trusting in that today i i
beg you repent seek the lord stand in
grace
and walk in faith because it will lead
you into obedience
obedience will lead you into greater
love for god too because you'll see
that you'll see the gifts of god when we
obey him we're going to please him and
the gifts of god will be poured out in
our life so be a demonstration
we can't minimize obedience but
obedience isn't the recipe it will not
get you to where you're trying to go
trust in god we love you i'll see you in
the next video
[Music]
you