Have yous heard the storey of the naughty piddling man child whose woman bring upward made him sit down inwards a chair for fourth dimension out?
He rebelliously told her, "I may hold out sittin' downward on the outside, simply I'm standin' upward on the inside!"
We Christians sometimes work this too, fifty-fifty though Jesus makes it clear that our pump motivations together with attitudes affair (Matthew 5:21-48).
Jesus cares what we're "doing on the inside."
Legalistic Christians work the correct thing out of self-righteous pride or fearfulness of punishment.
Weak Christians work the correct thing until they realize it isn't popular, easy, or fun.
The legalist misses the argue for obedience: our beloved for Christ.
The back-slider misses the argue for God's commands: God's beloved for us.
"Perfect beloved casts out fear;* it also casts out sin, together with becomes the motive ability of the whole spiritual man." — Dougan Clark, The Theology of Holiness
* 1 John 4:18
