Proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ
“For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh; that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” (Romans 8:3-4 WEB)
Is your conscience still shouting at you, saying that you have to pay for your sins? That’s called an evil conscience—one that doesn’t recognize that the blood Jesus shed at the cross has already perfectly paid for all our sins.
The passage above shows God’s Grace towards us. Because no mortal man can keep the Law perfectly, God the Father sent His Son Jesus to keep it perfectly on our behalf, even to the point of dying our death—since the wages of sin is death.
The sins of the world were all laid upon Jesus’ body at the cross and God condemned (punished) them by pouring out fiery wrath upon Jesus’ flesh.
Our sins have all been fully judged in the body of our sinless, perfect atoning sacrifice for sins.
By placing our faith in Jesus, we are accepting Him to be our sin offering—the perfect Lamb of God who takes away all our sins by one sacrifice for all-time.
Sin can only be forgiven when a death occurs. God’s justice demands it.
Sin came into the world by the disobedience of one man, so it must also be a man (a kinsman redeemer) who redeems mankind and the earth from the bondage of sin.
Since God didn’t want us to die for our sins, He sent Jesus to die in our place, and what a worthy death it was!
If you knew the value of Jesus, you will know that your sin debt is surely paid in full.
Through His own death, Jesus righteously redeemed us who believe in Him, as well as this earth, from the bondage of sin and death.
Now we are just waiting for the completion of the times so that we will see this redemption fulfilled during the Millennium and beyond.
We will be in our glorified bodies, immune to the ravages of sin and death, and Jesus will be ruling as King from Jerusalem, residing in the earth which He owns the title deed to.
If anyone tells you to keep the Law today, tell them that you already kept it perfectly through Jesus: you were sinful, so you offered up Jesus as your sin offering and His death paid your entire sin debt in full.
When you first placed your faith in Jesus as your Lord, you were also united in Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection so you are no longer under the Law.
Death has freed you from the obligations of the Old Covenant.
Now you are under the New Covenant of Grace which has been put into effect by Jesus’ shed blood.
You don’t need to obey the Law of Moses anymore.
As a child of God, you follow the royal law of love in complete freedom with no threat of judicial punishment.
These new laws which apply to you are: 1) Believe in Jesus Christ whom the Father has sent, 2) Love one another as Jesus has loved you.
These laws have been written in your spiritual heart by the Holy Spirit—embedded deeply in your reborn self. You don’t have to be taught to love—you want to love because you want to do what is pleasing to God.
That’s God’s seed (like a spiritual DNA) producing in you the desire and ability to do good works.
Servants follow the Law of Moses which demands them to abstain from sin.
Sons follow the leading of the Holy Spirit which produces the desire and ability to walk in love. This exceeds demands of the Law.
Servants obey and do to avoid punishment. Sons believe and speak to receive life and life more abundantly.
Can you see that you’ve entered a far better covenant? The benefits are all for you to enjoy whereas the price for these benefits to be possible was completely paid-for by Jesus.
This covenant is so flawless and beautiful because receiving the blessings has nothing to do with your obedience, but has everything to do with Jesus’ perfect obedience at the cross.
This means it’s full-proof. You can never lapse on this covenant and once you’re in it, there’s no way you can be removed from this covenantal relationship.
If it depended on you, your name would be blotted out from the Book of Life many times a day.
Thankfully because it depends solely upon Jesus, your name has always been in the book and will never be blotted out.
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