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The Law vs. Grace/Promise
Neville distinguishes between God's conditional Law and His unconditional Promise (Grace). The Law governs the creation of worldly desires through assumption…
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Gods Promise To Man
God’s promise is unconditional; God’s law is conditional. If you want to apply God’s law toward anything in this world, it is all conditional. You can’t be in one state and not suffer the consequences of not being in another state. So, if I would be in the state of being healthy I must assume that I am. ... If it comes by law then it is not by grace.” It did not come by law, it came by grace. “The law was given us by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” ... There is quite a difference between receiving the promise and receiving what was promised to you. What promise? When you receive the promise, you are declared heir to the kingdom; when you receive what was promised, you obtain the inheritance - that is the difference. When you write a will and the attorney records it - you hear I have written a will and so you are now heirs to my estate, but you are not yet in possession until my will is executed. So I tell you in effect: God’s promise is faithful and true, and everyone who has received it must continue for a while. He can’t restrain it; he has to tell it in the hope that many who hear it will believe, for it is based upon the belief in the promise. So I tell you what is going to happen, in the hope you will believe it. On the other hand, if you are wanting God’s law, and you want money, or things, or something else in this world - apply it. You’ll get it.
Neville distinguishes between God's conditional Law and His unconditional Promise (Grace). The Law governs the creation of worldly desires through assumption and feeling, where specific states yield specific consequences. The Promise, however, is a gift of grace, an unconditional spiritual inheritance of fatherhood and oneness with God, which is received through belief and experience, not earned by works. Receiving the promise declares one an heir, while receiving what was promised is obtaining the inheritance itself.