Here is my position in a nutshell:
  1. There is no true love of God without obedience. (Matt 7:21; 12:50; Lk 6:46; 11:28; Jh 14:21-24; Eph 6:6; Heb 13:21; 1Pet 4:2; 1Jh 3:2,3; 21-24)
  2. There is no true obedience without it flowing out of gratitude (love). (Ex 20:6; Deut 7:9; 10:12,13; Ps 19:7-11; Dan 9:4; Jh 14:15; 1Jh 3:1ff; 4:20; 5:2)
  3. True love for God and obeying the law (will) of God are inseparable. (Ps 1:1-6; 2Jh 1:6)
  4. Thus an imbalanced "focus" on either love or obedience will result in a distortion of the harmony which they should have and diminish the quality of both. One who is truly regenerated by the power of the Spirit, truly converted unto Christ through repentance of sin and faith in the person of the Lord Christ, WILL continually strive after holiness out of a heart filled with love for God.

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