Romans 6:14 “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace!”
With Grace for All!
People rely on measurements: using yardsticks, rulers and tape.
To gauge which souls are ahead or behind with a label of “less than” or “great”.
With all competitions indeed so we separate each by their pace.
Since who’s faster or slower determines awards…then assessment is clear as who’s best.
But with failure Flesh measures the walk of believers…
when only GOD knows the intent of each heart!
The Law needs such marks to look down upon others. It disavows Grace as the tool of the faithless!
But GOD sent HIS SON to fulfill the Law’s pressures. HE satisfied all the requirements needed!
So live with great Zeal with the LORD’s validation…which HIS crimson bought us to hear…”Child, well done!”
As HIServant still blown away by HIS perfect sacrifice which brought us HIS Grace to embrace instead of the whole weight of the Law,
Whitney
Devotional: Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to ME, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take MY yoke upon you, and learn from ME, for I am gentle and lowly in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls. For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.”
I’ve often said, “Only with the Law can one say they’re “better than” another CHRISTian.
“Oh, I do more. I go to church more. I give more.”
“I visit people in the hospital more. And on and on and on it goes.
There’s TRULY no end in the minds of those so law centric.
That’s why all the failures we read about in the Old Testament,
…those about NOT keeping GOD’s laws, are SO important for us to read!
Why? Because GOD paints us the clearest picture…
that being able to keep the law perfectly is NOT in the ability of the flesh!
If we fail in only one part of the law, we’ve failed ALL of the Law! That’s James 2:10!
It states that breaking one command makes a person guilty of breaking the entire Law.
It emphasizes that GOD’s law is a unified standard, where a single mistake makes one a lawbreaker.
This highlights our inability to achieve perfection, pointing to the need for grace…pointing to our absolute need for a SAVIOR!
Therefore! Let no one put the weight of the Law back on you.
Lay down any burden of trying to keep the law perfectly.
Seek HIM daily for the sweet fellowship that comes from closely walking with JESUS. And!
CHRIST cannot lie; HE said “It is Finished!” Amen?
So rejoice and serve humbly with contrition and trembling as you carefully handle HIS WORD.
Praise the LORD GOD WHOSE blood has eternally paid your debt…
…so that when JESUS comes, you too will hear, “Well done!”
Amen and amen.
2CJC 