Sunday, February 10, 2013

Galatians 3:19


19 What then was the purpose of the Law? It was added [later on, after the promise, to disclose and expose to men their guilt] because of transgressions and [to make men more conscious of the sinfulness] of sin; and it was intended to be in effect until the Seed (the Descendant, the Heir) should come, to and concerning Whom the promise had been made. And it [the Law] was arranged and ordained and appointed through the instrumentality of angels [and was given] by the hand (in the person) of a go-between [Moses, an intermediary person between God and man].

Our Father never intended for the Ten Commandments or the any other Law, other than liberty in Christ, to be in effect after the Cross. That is such a great Truth and one that needs to be proclaimed from the rooftops every day! 

Having cancelled and blotted out and wiped away the handwriting of the note (bond) with its legal decrees and demands which was in force and stood against us (hostile to us). This [note with its regulations, decrees, and demands] He set aside and cleared completely out of our way by nailing it to [His] cross. Colossians 2:14

Yet thieves have been allowed to creep in to the church and attempt to steal our liberty in Christ. Our Father has allowed them in to separate the wheat from the tares, Matthew 13:25. Those who have a form of godliness, but deny the power of Him, 2 Timothy 3:5, will grasp onto the Law and works and tell us how we must, as our faithful service to God, keep the Law and follow the Law. They will display the Ten Commandments boldly and preach on the glory of them. They will talk about our part to play and what we have to do. They will use words like duty, honor, sanctification, and faith, yet these words will always direct the power towards man and our ability to operate in them. All of this kind of teaching is all anti-christ, because it all focuses on man and brings the power to us and not to Jesus. 

Yet for those of us who are truly in Christ, the Holy Spirit reveals our Father’s freedom and grace in His Word. Both the wicked and the saved will read the same Words, yet without the Holy Spirit man will always read in what he has to do and not the Truth, which is what Jesus has to do through us.  

The Holy Spirit also causes those of us who know the Truth to be used to go into all of the world and share our Father's peace. Religion so often robs people of Jesus' liberty and we have the Truth that will set them free. 

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