Could you imagine if we were just forgiven right now, but the rest of our lives depended upon us to seal the deal? If you're thinking biblically, you'll say, "I don't think I can do that." Honestly, if you're thinking biblically, you'll know there's no way I can do that. What's God's demand with reference to the law? Just give it your best shot. God's not into participation trophies. It's not enough to show up on the ball field. You got to win. I was a great father, as you can tell. What's God's demand with reference to the law? Exact, entire, personal, perpetual. If we just receive the forgiveness of sins in the gospel, but then the rest was up to us. All lot Roman Catholicism. All lot new perspective on Paul. All lot federal vision. Faith in Jesus plus faithfulness of life. That faithfulness of life isn't what God calls us to. He calls us to exaction. He calls us to perfection. He calls us to entirety. And if we are forgiven, but we don't have a righteousness imputed to us and received by faith alone, we're back at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
