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In what sense does obedience follow faith according to Bonhoeffer?

The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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As good fruit grows on a good tree, so does obedience follow faith. Faith justifies, not obedience and to be justified is to be a Christian. Obedience implies being a Christian. This is the sense in which obedience follows faith. But at the same time, it is not a chronological distinction where we are abstracting one from the other.

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The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer