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The gospel of grace hinges upon the correct relationship between the indicative and the imperative. Though overlapping, the indicative comes first logically and gives rise to the imperative. God constitutes us to have a certain identity in Christ, and then we -- conscious of that identity -- manifest in our behavior who we already are. And yet obedience is still required. The priority of the indicative in no way makes the imperative superfluous. Rather, the indicative establishes the need for the imperative.