COMMANDS AND GRACE-- NICHOLS & WHITESIDE

                   COMMANDS AND GRACE

   It is unfortunate that some religious teachers

      have placed the grace of God on the one

  side, and the commands of God over against

     it, thus making them antagonistic , and have

  taught that if a man obeys God's conditions of

     salvation he is not depending on the grace

  of God, and , that if he depends on God's grace

      the keeping of God's commands is

  of no matter of consequence. But the person

    not blinded by false theories sees in all of God's

  commands His grace or favor for man. God has

     shown man how to live; he has taught him

  the true philosophy of life. It is easy therefore,

     to see that man's hightst good and hapiness

  lies along the pathway of obedience to God.

"It is comforting to know that God has

 given us grace through faith (obedient faith)

that assures us of our salvation."--Byrl Brockman