Man, there are so many opinions on God's law these days. Some people say Jesus got rid of it when he died on the cross, some completely disregard it and say it's okay i'm covered by grace. Then others are too obsessed with the law and not near focused enough on God himself, and then even worse some people use the law as a weapon against other people.
I wanted to clarify something here, true we are covered by grace but that gives us no right to do as we please. Do you not see that following God's law can only bring happiness and joy as David mentions many times in Psalms? What is God's Law exactly? It is his decrees, his statures for living but it is also something else. They are also fruit of the spirit, the closer we get to God the more we seem to naturally obey them. Has anyone noticed that? Of course we all have a certain thing we struggle with the most and I am not just talking about the ten commandments but all the commandments throughout the bible.
Mine being temptation, I sneak sugar and food when I am not supposed to more than I can say and I am not proud of it. Sometimes I will steal one of my moms diet cokes and yes I lie, sometimes it just comes out but i am working on it. every now and then I let lust get the better of me. So I am not the most obedient follower of christ nor am I the most loyal yet God rewards me with grace and further spiritual growth for some reason.
even so, I went through a season where I was so careful to follow his law and I did everything the best I could. I was told to clean the house and do chores and heck i cleaned that place so great but I did not do it for my mom I was doing it for God. It was such a great feeling and I had such great joy in his decrees and how I long for that again.
So before you say we are no longer bound by the law( which is true) but decide you can do anything you please and then ask for forgiveness( which if you did this daily you are not really sorry) and use grace as a get out of jail free card try at least try to follow his commands and do everything the best you can for God not yourself or people for a week then see if you are not happy and blessed from the law
I wanted to clarify something here, true we are covered by grace but that gives us no right to do as we please. Do you not see that following God's law can only bring happiness and joy as David mentions many times in Psalms? What is God's Law exactly? It is his decrees, his statures for living but it is also something else. They are also fruit of the spirit, the closer we get to God the more we seem to naturally obey them. Has anyone noticed that? Of course we all have a certain thing we struggle with the most and I am not just talking about the ten commandments but all the commandments throughout the bible.
Mine being temptation, I sneak sugar and food when I am not supposed to more than I can say and I am not proud of it. Sometimes I will steal one of my moms diet cokes and yes I lie, sometimes it just comes out but i am working on it. every now and then I let lust get the better of me. So I am not the most obedient follower of christ nor am I the most loyal yet God rewards me with grace and further spiritual growth for some reason.
even so, I went through a season where I was so careful to follow his law and I did everything the best I could. I was told to clean the house and do chores and heck i cleaned that place so great but I did not do it for my mom I was doing it for God. It was such a great feeling and I had such great joy in his decrees and how I long for that again.
So before you say we are no longer bound by the law( which is true) but decide you can do anything you please and then ask for forgiveness( which if you did this daily you are not really sorry) and use grace as a get out of jail free card try at least try to follow his commands and do everything the best you can for God not yourself or people for a week then see if you are not happy and blessed from the law
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