Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me…..He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him (John 14:6, 21)
What, is Jesus teaching legalism here? This is what the greasy grace crowd would contend especially when Jesus states that we must obey His commands in order to show that we love Him and in return not only will the Father love us, they (Jesus and the Father) will manifest in our lives.
So the salvation message that says we simply state that Jesus is Lord, shall get us saved is not quite the whole truth- In Fact the Word says that the only way to Heaven is thru Christ Jesus our Lord, and the Word proclaims in John 1 That :
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
So the way to Heaven is not through a proclamation alone, but the highway to Heaven is through the Word of God…which leads us to the full revelation that Christ is indeed our Lord God and in such, our lives are laid down as though dead, all rights surrendered, that He the True Life may raise us up, born anew in Him.
The reality is that a message that is not completely true, but contains error, in fact is no truth at all!!!!
So, looking at the passages in John we see that Jesus’ command here, ones profession of faith, which leads us unto salvation is not based upon words alone, but the fruit of such revelation is shown in our obedient walk.
Yes, we may well slip here and there, but it is the active desire to walk in obedience to all He has commanded us. This is where true grace comes in, not the grace of which the prosperity crowd or the loose grace crowd preaches, but that grace of the true Gospel which over takes us and empowers us to lives lives obedience in direct contrast to the sinful nature and desires of our flesh.
So much for the greasy grace gospel (false gospel) which has over taken much of the Church.
Written by Russ Welch
Radical Disciples - A Remnant Revolution 
amen,, very true..
Grace did not free us from Obedience. in fact, most believers under grace are obedient.
It is the obedience that comes from faith.. it is a result of faith.
“Through him and for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith”
– Romans 1:5
the other Obedience is Obedience unto Law.
“For the law always brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)”
– Romans 4:15
Now the question is this.. Which obedience is acceptable?
“Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any law to break.”
– Romans 5:13
“For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.”
– Romans 5:17
so it has to be grace.. otherwise if its law, then Christ died for nothing.
“And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.”
– Romans 11:6
got to go..
grace and peace