Ruslan KD

In the same way, my 10-year-old who's about to enter puberty, he can't do anything to make me love him any less.

He can't do anything to make me love him anymore.

He's my son.

He belongs in my family.

it's in his best interest to be obedient.

It's in his best interest to live out his father's ways, because I'm a good father and I have his best interest in mind.

That doesn't make sense to a 10-year-old's brain or an 11-year-old's brain.

I think sometimes we're the same way.

And so with regards to the works aspect, saved by grace, it's a gift through faith, a confidence and a trust.

I'm gonna trust Jesus' ways, even though they don't make sense.

When I got saved,

I was like, I can't have sex with my girlfriend?

Like, why can't I have sex with my girlfriend?

Like, I like having sex with my girlfriend.

It's like, nope, there's a standard and there's an ethic to how I am to treat my body.

My body's not my own.

It didn't make sense at the time, but goodness does it make sense in hindsight on why I shouldn't have been sleeping around, right?

So there are then good works that I'm supposed to do here and now.

And I do believe that those good works provide different rewards in heaven, right?

How that looks, I have no idea.