“Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling smell.” (vs1-2)
Believe that you are PLEASING to God in Christ BEFORE you and I try to live pleasing in good works. The gospel is FULL, even unto the works of faith by the Spirit, but to WORK without faith, to make myself pleasing by how I live and how long in between falls, is the WRONG way - “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” (Gal 3:13-14). I must BELIEVE that Christ EARNED the full salvation, even the works of faith by the Spirit, or I can never do good works, says God. I must believe in God as PROMISING good to me, and then God will work the good, as promised. Sins have been removed and help has been earned: “no condemnation” is the key to sin no more (John 8:11).
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