Wednesday, April 27, 2005

No Law, No Conviction

"Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Romans 4:15

Where there is no law there is no transgression! That is an awesome statement from our Father and when we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to allow Jesus to Author and Finish our faith in actually accepting it, and when the Holy Ghost teaches us all of what it means, it’s a Godly Truth that will set us free. It will set us free from guilt, free from sin, free from fear, free from condemnation, and free from the power, presence, penalty, and pleasure of sin! The Truth that where there is no law, there is no transgression, sets us free from the wrath of God! “For God hath not appointed us unto wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 5:9 These Truths allow us to live and enjoy all of the fruits of our Father's righteousness. The righteousness that has been freely bestowed upon us through the power of Christ, and they allow us to live as God intended for us to live, as Jesus lives, without transgression!

"And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together with Him, having forgiving you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; Having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it." Colossians 2:13-14

Jesus blotted out all of the handwriting and all of the ordinances that were against us, all of them, all of the “thou shalt not’s and thou shalt’s.” Jesus took these things out of the way for us and because they are no longer in the way that we find God or serve God, all of satan’s power against us has been broken. The flesh of man was weak, and satan knew it, and our Father knew it. But Jesus isn’t weak and we are now members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones! “For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.” Ephesians 5:30 Jesus’ Blood that has been shed for us and which has washed us isn’t weak. The Holy Ghost within us isn’t weak, and we have now been quickened, or made alive together, with them! We are now strong in the power of Jesus’ might! “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.” Ephesians 6:10 We are now more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us, and with Jesus, our Father is now able to do all things through us! Our flesh was weak, but now let the weak say they are strong! We have been quickened together with the Strong Eternal One and greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world!

Jesus made a shew of satan and all of his power openly at the Cross. Jesus made a new way for us, a way that was not harsh, a way that was pleasant, and a way that was easy to be born. “For My yoke is easy, and My burden light.” Matthew 11:30 Our trespasses no longer count against us. Jesus’ Blood has been shed and all of our trespasses, all of them, past, present, and future, are now forgiven us, because of Jesus’ sacrifice for them, not because of our works and not because of our sacrifices offered for them. "Even David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin." Romans 4:6-8 The Law required works, we are righteous without works, our sins are covered eternally by the Blood of Christ and God will never count any of them against us! The man that our Father used to write so many of the Psalm’s that we enjoy to read, also was used by God to write about how through Christ we would be righteous without works. King David, the Giant slayer, envied us!

The Holy Ghost had Paul write in Colossians 2 that Jesus took away the ordinances and the handwritings that were against us. And the Holy Ghost also had Paul write in Romans 4 that where there is no law, there is no transgression. All scripture is given by Divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit, these are Truths that fully apply to us! Jesus is the end of the law for us. When we accept Jesus as Lord, all of the things under the Old Covenant that were contrary to us, were nailed to the Cross and we are now free to live as Jesus lives! “In Whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with Him in baptism, wherein ye are also risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, Who hath raised Him from the dead.” Colossians 2:11-12 Notice in these verses that the body of our sins have been put off and that we are risen with Christ by the faith of the operation of God. These things do not come into being by anything that we can do, they come into being by God, and to show that He is more than able, our Father raised Jesus from the dead first! This is our proof that we too live as Jesus lives, dead to sin, and eternally alive unto God! We do this through faith, faith Authored and Finished by Jesus, Who is our Lord and Savior. We no longer do this by the works of keeping laws! The Ten Commandments served a purpose, but they are no longer the way of righteousness for those who have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior! We have moved on to the works of righteousness through Jesus Christ, the works of God through us! Mighty works that glorify Him and exalt Him, works that only our Father can do! Everything that was in our way, everything that hindered our Father from working through us, has been nailed to the Cross! God is now free to use us, as He used Jesus! Jesus was born righteous; He never performed one work that earned it. His Father was God and He was conceived of a woman and the Holy Ghost. God’s Divine Seed made Jesus righteous. We too have been born of a woman and of the Holy Spirit! The same Divine Seed of God makes us righteous, just as it made Jesus righteous! We are righteous apart from any works, just as Jesus was righteous apart from any works!

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