Thank you David!! You are a gift to the body of Christ

this means to me the best bible teach i have see

Thank you- a different angle expressed here on what grace is than usual. Also, speaking about the importance of rebuke at the end- I needed to hear that. Praying today to be a Grace filled shoe leather believer who can graciously receive rebuke.

Thankyou David for this teaching. As always, just excellent.

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Thank you so much for the wonderful exhortation. God bless you

Thank you for this wonderful teaching! God bless you

Such clarity!

Are you an author of Enduring Word??? One of my favorite "go-to's".

Thank you so much for the wonderful teaching which opens our spiritial eyes and nourishes our souls...stay abundantly blessed in your ministry

While Christian ethical teaching often appears similar to other systems-Paul uses both Roman and Jewish ethical terms-the basis of Christian ethics is unique. Christians are good not merely out of obedience to the law or harmony with nature, or in order to gain immortal bliss for the soul. Rather, they are righteous in anticipation of the age to come, the eschaton, the age of the fullness of creation in the incarnate Son of God. Grace (v. 11) in the uncreated energy of God, the gift is of the Holy Spirit, through which He gives His gifts to man in tender mercy and good will. It is a formative power, the rule of life of the eschaton, requiring our determined participation. To belong to God is to become like God. To be ransomed, or "owned" by God (v. 14) is not simply legal and static, but means to live in solidarity with Him: a blessed, victorious struggle.