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Announcements › Forums › Sacrament – July 9th, 2017 › progress in obedience › Reply To: progress in obedience

July 6, 2017 at 12:25 pm #4472
spencel
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Romans 17 “But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.”

Thank you for this post. Last night this quote from Romans was read. “Obeyed from the heart” really stood our to me. It fit in perfectly with our lesson this week on true obedience and “not hearers only.” Reading this post today I could see it was describing perfectly what it means to obey with the heart, “our affections are placed” and “If divine Love is becoming nearer, dearer, and more real to us,” and “The objects we pursue”.

So, “Religion will then be of the heart and not of the head.” I often think of obedience as mental exercise so this helped me remember it is the spirit we must keep before thought. Plainfield is such a wonderful example of following God with their hearts and letting Him lead their activities rather than being bound by human rules and acts of outward obedience rather they strive to live from their love and deep understanding of God


Love is the liberator.