Jesus
said in Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish
the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” I
read someone’s response to a discussion on “Sin”, which said; “We are no longer
justified by trying to keep the law of “Don’ts”, which is impossible to keep
anyway, but are compelled by God’s love to fulfill an even greater law, which
is to love God with all our heart and mind and soul and to love our neighbor as
ourself. Since this is also quite a task and impossible to fulfill, we rely on
God’s grace and forgiveness through Jesus to see us through and we love and
forgive others knowing that we ourselves are sinners also. So yes, we do miss
the mark quite a bit on a daily bases, if we are honest with ourselves, but it
keeps us humble and dependent on Him and His righteousness and not our own
which Isaiah says is filthy rags. So we are sinning saints saved by blood of
the Lamb.” Is “missing God’s mark acceptable?
We are to have God’s laws written upon our heart, pleasing God in our thoughts, words and actions, and growing into the likeness of Christ daily. But, remember that this side of heaven, we are still in the sinful flesh with its desires and temptations that are contrary to the Spirit of God (Gal. 5:16-25), so we need to conscientiously and deliberately walk in the Spirit as a child of God towards our Father in heaven, to not gratify the desires of the flesh walking away from God. It’s not automatic; it takes work on our part, but the indwelling Holy Spirit is our Helper (John 14:15-18). We are dependant upon God. Sin weighs us down, but when true disciples confesses their sins, they agree with God that what they did was wrong; that we have sinned against our just and holy Creator Father God, repent and ask Jesus to cleanse away our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive our unrighteousness, because Christ paid for them with His blood on the Cross. We are saved by God’s mercy and grace though faith. We are not to take sin against God and our fellow man lightly (1) because Romans 5:8 tells us: “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” and (2) the Bible tells us in Ephesians 4:30 “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” We were bought at a price, redeemed by our Savior and we are not our own (1 Cor. 6:19-20). God is love. God is life. Jesus Christ is Lord. Walk in the Spirit of God sins forgiven and live for Jesus. Dead to sin; Alive in Christ. Rejoice!
Romans 6:6 “Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him (Jesus Christ), that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.”
In Christ, Brian
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