{"id":3981,"date":"2013-02-17T00:59:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T00:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/?p=3981"},"modified":"2013-02-17T00:59:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T00:59:10","slug":"this-sunday-new-city-catechism-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/17\/this-sunday-new-city-catechism-week-7\/","title":{"rendered":"This Sunday: New City Catechism, Week 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Q: What does the law of God require?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> Personal, perfect, and perpetual obedience; that we love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength; and love our neighbor as<br \/>\nourselves. What God forbids should never be done and what God commands<br \/>\nshould always be done.<\/p>\n<p>Perfect obedience can only be grasped if we have complete understanding of the Gospel message. Our obedience does not buy us salvation. Ephesians 2:8-10 states \u201c For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,<br \/>\nnot a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his<br \/>\nworkmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God<br \/>\nprepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our identity in Christ has nothing to do with intelligence, strength,<br \/>\nability, or effort on our part. God showed us grace by sending Jesus<br \/>\nto take our punishment, and to perfectly obey in our place. Because of this gift we are empowered by<br \/>\nthe Holy Spirit to obey God\u2019s commands. Our personal obedience, imperfect but sincere, was made possible\u00a0because God saved us and because we are made perfect in Jesus. As we\u00a0rest in God&#8217;s justification of us, we can freely obey God\u2019s commands. To truly be\u00a0able to seek obedience is to truly accept the gospel message.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>This is week 7 of 52 catechism readings from New City Catechism. Christ Community is reciting an entry from the catechism each Sunday in 2013.<\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/17\/this-sunday-new-city-catechism-week-7\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"25\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"recommend\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: What does the law of God require?<\/p>\n<p>A: Personal, perfect, and perpetual obedience; that we love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength; and love our neighbor as<br \/> ourselves. 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