There is a deception that would lead you to believe that the acquisition of the blessings of obedience is so difficult as to be impossible for you. You seem to believe that truth as revealed in Scripture is unable to help you apart from your ability to perform some action based on that truth. Freedom from the enemy’s deception reveals that The Truth has done His work all by Himself. Unless you consider opening a gift to be a feat that requires great effort and sacrifice, there is no difficult action to perform. Acceptance always requires less energy than rebellion!
When you accept that the work of your salvation has been wholly the Lord’s, you may have peace; the peace of a child in her father’s house. The house is hers because she is her father’s child. The home cannot be lost because the father is all-powerful. She has no responsibilities but to be a child in the father’s house.
Psalm 15 lists the characteristics of one who is a member of the Lord's household. Because of the blood of Christ they are not conditions, but characteristics. These are the outward signs that your heart belongs to the Father: a blameless walk, righteous acts, speaking the truth from your heart, no slander on your tongue, casting no slur on fellow men, keeping an oath even when it hurts, lending money with no interest, and refusing to accept a bribe against the innocent.
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