Gold Tried in the Fire - Robert J. Wieland
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thus judge, that if one died for all, <strong>the</strong>n were all<br />
dead: and that he died for all, that <strong>the</strong>y which live<br />
should not henceforth live unto <strong>the</strong>mselves [that is,<br />
<strong>the</strong>y will f<strong>in</strong>d it impossible to do so], but unto him<br />
which died for <strong>the</strong>m, and rose aga<strong>in</strong>." 2 Cor<strong>in</strong>thians<br />
5:14, 15. Just see<strong>in</strong>g what that love was resulted <strong>in</strong><br />
this "constra<strong>in</strong>t" go<strong>in</strong>g to work <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> heart<br />
immediately. Faith was a heart-appreciation of<br />
God's agape love.<br />
How <strong>the</strong> Apostles' Faith Becomes Ours<br />
We don't have to be one of <strong>the</strong> early apostles to<br />
"see" with eyes what <strong>the</strong>y saw. Through <strong>the</strong> Word,<br />
<strong>the</strong> Holy Spirit makes it all come alive for us now.<br />
See Galatians 3:1. Our alienated hearts are likewise<br />
reconciled to God by faith, and this means that we<br />
are also reconciled to God's law at <strong>the</strong> same time,<br />
for our natural "enmity aga<strong>in</strong>st God" consists <strong>in</strong> not<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g "subject to <strong>the</strong> law of God." Romans 8:7.<br />
And s<strong>in</strong>ce "love is <strong>the</strong> fulfill<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>the</strong> law"<br />
(Romans 13:10), <strong>the</strong> "faith which worketh by love"<br />
(Galatians 5:6) immediately produces obedience to<br />
all <strong>the</strong> commandments of God, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />
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