To have our activities repressed is not a sign of righteousness.  Just because your sinful nature obeys your command in the Lord, it does not mean your sinful nature will be saved.

The same may well be true of the soul.  Just because you do what you are told, though you would constantly rather do otherwise, does not necessarily mean you will be saved.  That kind of obedience to the Lord’s desire borders on false religion.

The Lord desires fellowship.  He is not keenly interested in creating human robots.  We not only learn to do what is right, it is also good to learn to love and desire righteousness.

In such a man, the Lord easily finds fellowship.  For he himself was praised for hating wickedness and loving. righteousness.