For you to try to achieve is for you to try to be a branch and produce fruit. He used an illustration, you can't produce fruit, so why does a branch attempt to try to achieve what can't be achieved by him?...

Obedience is about me believing and embracing the new covenant. So when I believe and embrace the new covenant, I am being obedient to the new covenant....

So obedience under the New Covenant is all about embracing grace. Every gift, blessing, and manifestation of our righteousness and holy nature that's in this New Covenant comes through receiving and not through achieving. My righteousness comes...

We're not talking about you relying on yourself. We're not talking about you relying on your abilities. We're not talking about you relying on your education. We're not talking about you relying on who you know. We're talking about there's something...

He made me righteous. I have faith in Jesus that I am righteous. He redeemed me. I have faith in Jesus that I'm redeemed. He healed me. I have faith in Jesus that I'm healed. I'm not sayin', "Have faith in healin'". I'm sayin', "Have...

When you believe Jesus, and when you believe the gospel, you are in obedience. If you don't believe Jesus, and if you don't believe the good news about grace and the good news about Jesus Christ, you are in disobedience. So, you can't stand before...

I believe in this unrestricted operation of God's love for me. I believe in Jesus Christ. That's where everything starts. If your actions are going to be pure, if they're going to be accepted, if they're going to be something that God receives, it...

In the New Testament, if you don't believe in Jesus and what he's done, you're in disobedience. It's not occurring with your actions first in the New Testament. It's occurring with your belief first in the New Testament....

We're renewing our mind with the truth of the gospel. We're believing the truth of the gospel. We're paying attention to the truth of the gospel. We are giving heed to the truth of the gospel. We are obeying the truth of the gospel. What am I doing?...

For the Galatians and for us today, obeying God was and is a matter of believing the gospel. Obeying God was and is a matter of us believing the gospel....