Well, the difference is, I believe, why you are doing it. And, is the motive of the flesh or Spirit?
Concerning (Gal. 5:19-21), I was responding to your questions of what are the deeds of the flesh. Indeed, we are not supposed to do them. But here again, just like we don't produce the fruit of the Spirit by doing the fruits of the Spirit, neither do we 'not' do the works of the flesh by just not doing them. We don't do the works of the flesh by walking in the Spirit also. (Gal. 5:16) "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh."
Yes I believe your happiness in making dinner for your family is a product of the Spirit. With us as believers, we have works of the flesh and fruit of the Spirit. Again, the question always comes down to which is the motivator. For example: I see an old woman trying to cross the street with some baggage and she definitely needs some help and no one seems to want to help her. I decide this is a chance to do a good deed, and it will look good in front of everyone. So I do it and am thanked for it. That is a work of the flesh. Or, I see the woman, and say in my heart, this poor woman needs some help, I am going to help her. So I do, and am thanked for it. That is a fruit of the Spirit.
I realize the example is a poor one, but my main point of it is that the same exact thing can be done, but one is a work of the Spirit, and one is a work of the flesh.
And, understand, I am not saying that I think you are walking in the flesh because of your view of law and works. I think you walk in the flesh and the Spirit as much as anyone here. For example I don't believe the Romanists view of being born-again is the same as the Protestants. But I firmly believe that many of them are born-again as they placed faith in Jesus Christ.
Consider this: Does God keep the Law?
Stranger
I agree with most of what you said.
The WHY is important. If I'm working to try to get saved, that won't get me saved.
Using the good example of the lady crossing the street, if I'm doing it because I know for sure that God would want me to and I'm a person with the spirit of God, then I'm helping her for the correct reason.
It's still go to help this person, no matter what the reason. But one will only be to help her and the other reason will be because I'm a member of the Kingdom of God.
What if I didn't help her?
What if I stopped making dinner for my family?
What if I didn't care to fulfill my responsibilites as a saved person?
Would God be patient with me forever?
We're members of the Kingdom of God here on earth.
As members we're called to be the hands and feet of God.
We're to do what God would want us to do. There's much we could do to make this world a better place.
If God wants us to do something, it's not a request, it's a command.
How do you explain Mathew 28:20?
Jesus tells the Apostles to go to all the nations and to teach them to observe all that Jesus commanded...Jesus uses the word commanded.
It's not a choice to obey.
We are obligated to obey.
One who loves will obey anyway, so why the argument?
Paul called himself a servant of God, for instance in
Titus 1:1
What made him be a servant if not the fact that he had things to do?
Ephesians 2:10 tells us that we are made for good works.
God made us for good.
Without knowing God's standard how could we know what is good?
Love covers a multitude of sins.
But that's because YOU know what sin is.
What if we stop preaching this?
It would soon be forgotten.
We know what sin is precisely because of the 10 commandments.