The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Does loving God help us obey Him or does obeying God help us love

Loving God IS obeying Him. He is the sovereign LORD of all that is and thus I bow before Him. He is the transcendent GOD of all before whom, by grace, I stand in inexpressible awe and strive to please according to His revealed will. There is no loving God without obedience. And there is no real obedience without it flowing from a heart of loving respect and gratitude. And there is no true love for God until one comes to know how sinful they truly are and how holy God is. And even that is His work in a sinner's heart.

But a redeemed sinner's love for God is not like one's love for another human who is on the same plane. It never even approximates an "all too familiar" relationship. To love God is to worship Him as the King of Kings and LORD of Lords. A love of the the saints, of the adopted sons and daughters, who have been washed in the Lord Christ's blood is for a heavenly Father with humility, awe, and reverence.