Im doin this study 2day 2 hopefully find the truth of God's word,not 2 inject anything that I think R believe myself but only comin from a scripture perspective.So many R livin by what they always been taught or what they heard. 2day I challenge U 2 search the scriptures and find a true understanding.
What we need 2 understand 1st is that God wants every1 2 quit sinning.IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE and DEATH!
2 please God we must fight the flesh @every turn.
Some churches divide and disagree,I am so glad that God is not a God of division nor is he the author of confusion.So we as Christians if its @all possible need 2 get a clear understanding of what God means by Grace.
What exactly is Grace: kindness and favor.U cannot earn God's Grace,bcuz god loved us 1st,even in our undeservin state,and gave us grace freely.
The truth is that we should accept the grace of God and as a result we will keep the law of love.
God has not done away with His law, namely the Ten Commandments. The law of God is good and for our benefit, but where many go amiss is that they fail to realize the law of God has changed from a physical law to a spiritual law. Let's read the book,in Gal 2:19-21; "For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain."
What God has done away with through Jesus is the "penalty" of the law, which is eternal death.
Remember, when sin came into the world, God stated that we shall surely die because of it, but the Christ came to make atonement for us because of their great love and mercy.
In MATT 5:17 Jesus stated,concerning the law and His role in redeeming those that would accept Him. "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill."
Matt 15:11 "It's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." Meaning that we need to change from with-in, which is a spiritual change that can only come from the cleansing blood of the Christ, and through the power of the Holy Spirit from the Holy Father.
In Gal 4:4-5. "But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons,in Rom 7:6 "But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter."This is to say the Holy Spirit will impart the fruits of the Spirit to us and therefore we will keep the commandments that Jesus stated was still important which is the Ten Commandments. These scriptures are very clear on the fact that we have been freed from the penalty of law and are under grace.
The fact is that Grace works with the law.
The old ceremonial, and ritual laws are done away and that the new covenant brings the Holy Spirit to those that accept Jesus as their savior and as a result they, by walking in the Holy Spirit, will fulfill the law because of a changed of heart.
Jesus said it best when he said in Matt 22:37-40 that ALL the law and the Prophets could be hung on the two Great Commandments which is to love God with all your heart soul, and mind, and the second is to love your neighbor as yourself.
Please understand that I believe as Jesus Himself stated that if we love Him we would keep His commands.and we will also love as Jesus loves because the Holy Spirit is allowed to love and work through us.Where people have become confused on this issue is that they come to believe that if we are under grace then the penalty of the law, which is eternal death, cannot affect us no matter what we do,AND THAS TRU.But U have 2 stay righteous 2 stay up under the freely given grace,Grace doesnt work 4 the unrepentant sinner. Jus like the concept of "once saved always saved" , is absolutely wrong as we read in many scriptures.Please don't get trapped in the thinking that you don't need to be diligent and continue to seek the fullness of God's Holy Spirit. 2 live that righteous lifestyle.Don't let anyone convince you that you don't need to know the difference between false and true doctrine. Don't become discouraged when you fail, and please never become discouraged to the point where you give up the fight.
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