Yes, isn't it strange?
Gods Holy and Perfect Law, if followed by our own understanding and strength, is anti-gospel.
I am trying to capture in my mind how obeying the law is anti-gospel?
There is a reality I am missing, the elephant in the room. It is believed all fail as to the
law, so it is a false tread mill, which forever condemns but always promises.
So religion is replacing Jesus's righteousness with our attempts at righteousness, which will
always fail and be empty but appears to offer hope.
The counter argument is taken we will always fail, maybe admitting this and Jesus takes sin
off the table through the cross, the only issue is putting faith in Christ or not.
The third argument is walking in Christ with an open heart, truly washed clean and repentant
with emotions open and flowing, we can walk righteously, fulfill the law, and walk in
the Spirit with communion with Christ, we are overcomers of evil.
I have always experienced the gospel as a gospel of the heart, get that right and all else will
flow. I know the pharisees did the best with a bad lot, and end up in hypocracy, which is similar
to the legalist position, but also is the mirror image of the Christ does all, we are lost position.
I kind of feel odd, being in the middle of all these positions, and knowing I cannot deny where
I am or its reality, just declare open your heart and believe and God will make it happen for you.
The law is like a lock to keep out those who have not the right qualifications spiritually, and
in their approach. What if you pass, it is not an issue and condemnation is not there.