Karey

Q2. (1:2) Why do forgiveness (sprinkling) and obedience come together as a package? Why is it deceptive to think you can have one without the other? Extra credit: If true faith requires obedience, how can we say that we are saved by grace rather than works? (Ephesians 2:8-10) Forgiveness and obedience come together as a package, because when u r forgiven u r made pure and clean, and with obedience, as obeying God, we r to be like God, pure and clean, and act in accordance with God's ways. To live life righteously, and to be like Jesus Christ in all of our thoughts, actions, and our words. It can be deceptive because one can think that he/ she is forgiven, he/she can think that okay i am forgiven, and they forget the part that we have to live our lives being godly. obeying God, and living our lives as God wants us to live them.

Q1. (1:1) How would you describe the behavior of a Christian who identifies more with his present homeland than his heavenly one? Have you ever caught yourself doing this? What has to happen to get our spiritual priorities straight? I would describe the behavior of a Christian who identifies more with his present homeland than his heavenly one, that this individual doesn't know that we r only temporaily here on earth, and our real home is in heaven. We are in this world and not of it, and we have to realize this.[/font]