Rom 6:17  But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered; ASV

Rom 6:17  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. KJV

Rom 6:17  But thanks be to God that you were slaves of sin, but you obeyed from the heart the form of doctrine to which you were delivered. LITV

Rom 6:17  But thanks be to our God that you were the slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. MKJV
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......that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. Not that the teaching is delivered to the person but rather the person is delivered over, in a passive sense, to the teaching of the Gospel. That means that salvation ~necessarily~ involves Doctrine.

1Tim 4:16 16  Give attention to yourself and to the doctrine; continue in them, for doing this, you will both deliver yourself and those hearing you. LITV

  Now... is anyone prepared to argue and demonstrate from the Bible that people can be saved by being delivered to False Doctrine?  Yet that is exactly what legion in our day argue tooth & nail for. When guys like me come along and insist that salvation must be by way of the Truth and that NO one is saved through false doctrine or a false gospel we become marked men. Sobeit! My Savior brought the exact same teaching and for that they put Him on the cross. HE taught that the Truth sets men free, not false doctrine.

  This verse alone is a battering ram against the wicked objection that says; "We are not saved by doctrine, we are saved by a Person". It is evident that those who level such an objection against the Gospel, which is nothing but doctrine, are not saved at all because they -deny- the means God uses to save His people as well as they -deny- the ministry of the Holy Spirit in salvation.

  Biblical Love is not a feeling; it’s a commitment. It has absolutely nothing to do with the emotions. This needs desperately to be preached & stressed. Why do I say this? For the simple reason that the false gospel of emotional feelings has overtaken the evangelical church of our day & is leading legions into the fires of Hell! It goes something like this;

"Christianity is not Doctrine.. it’s a Person! Coming to Christ is not just an act of the mind believing some facts."

Quoted from John G. Reisinger's book; What is the Christian Faith. In the section; 'Christianity is an Experience' Reisinger says;  "In coming to Christ we give our whole being to Christ as Savior."

Say.... WHAT???  Where is such a notion found anywhere in the Bible?

All the prophets & Apostles, and even Messiah Himself never taught such a doctrine. All any of them ever taught was...  BELIEVE! That’s IT folks. Nothing more nothing less! Believe...  on the Lord Jesus Christ & you shall be saved. Whosoever -Believes-... the Son; the Gospel. Further... contrary to what Reisinger claims... that "we give our whole being to Christ..." this very verse says the ~exact opposite~! We do not "give" anything to anybody. That's man-centered works salvation folks! Rather, salvation takes place when we  ~are given~  or as the verse states 'are delivered unto'  the doctrine of the Gospel! According to John Reisinger -we- are the ones doing the giving. We are active in such an act. But according to the Scriptures when salvation occurs  ~We Are Totally Passive~! Read the verse. A person is saved when he obeys that form of doctrine... ~to which you were delivered~! True.. obedience is involved and in it we are indeed active but that obedience occurs ~After~ we are delivered to the form of ~Doctrine~  which is the truth of who Jesus Christ is and what He has done. That's the Gospel and that's Doctrine. Moreover when you read Reisinger's material he does indeed talk about correct doctrine and correct facts of who Jesus Christ is and what He has done and he does say you need to believe the right facts about Him and His work. But John Reisinger is a deceiver and a hypocrite because he considers people who believe in some other jesus than the one found in the Bible to be saved! Reisinger -says- you need to have the right "Jesus" but he -denies- it by embracing people, who have some other strange jesus, as Christians.

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  Next comes the issue everybody loves to talk about... Obedience. Just as salvation -necessarily- involves proper Biblical Doctrine, salvation also -necessarily- involves obedience to that Doctrine. This verse along with the entire contents of chapter 6 bears blazing testimony to the truth that all true Christians are those who walk in obedience to the revealed will of God in the Bible. That means they walk in the law of the LORD; Psalm 119:1. They keep His commandments,  just as the Lord Jesus commands. That means they don't sin. One cannot be sinning and walking in obedience at one and the same time. Such a notion is an absurd contradiction. Sin is the transgression of the law, or the commandment. So how can a person obey the Lord Jesus Christ when he says;

If you love Me, keep My commandments.   Joh 14:15  ... MKJV

.. while he is -breaking- the commandments at one and the same time? Anybody who believes that is for sure not a Christian!

  Obedience ladies & gentlemen is an integral part of salvation and without obedience one has no Biblical claim to being saved. People who  -Walk-  in disobedience are unsaved. They are unregenerate, according to the testimony of Scripture. I'm not talking about a true, regenerate Christian who falls into sin, repents, gets back up and keeps on going. He continues to  -Walk- in obedience to his Lord.

  By the word  -Walk- I mean one's overall life-style. The King James has the word  -Conversation-.

Example;
2Pe 3:11  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,...

The Greek word... Strong's #391... means;
1) manner of life, conduct, behaviour, deportment

Look up the verses that use this word and see if you can come to the conclusion that a Christian can sin and walk in obedience at the same time. If you find it let me know so I can repent and delete this web site!

Peter is saying that one's overall manner of life,  conduct, behaviour, deportment, ought to be that which displays holiness and godliness. Those who hold the puritanical false doctrine of indwelling sin must define "holiness and godliness" to -include- sin! But that's Biblical insanity folks! Where in all of Scripture can such a notion possibly be found?
The heretic's answer;... "Duhh-h-h... in Romans 7 man!"

Obedience is inherent to the Christian life. Therefore, people who are not walking in obedience are not Christians. But don't take my word for it. Take your concordance and look up the words "obey" and "obedience".  Let me give you a jump-start with a few verses;

Heb 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

Heb chap 11 is an example of the results of true faith. They did what God told them to do. In a word, they obeyed God.

Heb 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

Ac 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and [so is] also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

Ro 1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

Ro 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Ro 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

Ro 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Meditate on that one! It shows that faith and obedience are welded together. You cannot have one without the other.

Ro 15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

Ro 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets,  according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

2Th  1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

1Pe  1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Ac 6:7  And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
   
A true Christian is one who walks in obedience to his Lord.

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