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Ask Pastor John

Is Obedience Without Affection Still Love?

Mar 4, 2024
Exploring the significance of combining obedience and emotional affection in one's relationship with God, emphasizing the balance between obedience and affection as crucial. Highlighting the importance of genuine emotions and delight in following God's commands, and the deep longing and love for God as displayed in Psalms.
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Quick takeaways

  • Affections for God are commanded and essential, not just obedience.
  • Obedience to God without the required affections is contradictory and lacks true love.

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Significance of Affectional Language in Loving God

The podcast delves into the importance of using affectional language to express love for God. It emphasizes that relating to God solely through obedience without emotional affection is not healthy. The speaker highlights the command in Psalm 37.4 to delight in the Lord, indicating that affections for God are not just important but commanded. Affections are seen as crucial in one's relationship with God.

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