Holy Guidance

 

Psalm 119:9-11 “How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your Word. With my whole heart I seek you, let me not wander from your commandments. I have stored up your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”

Continuing on this short topical study that I’ve been going through; God’s moral law is found on the consciences of all people because all are created by God with it programed upon their hearts. Along with the Mosaic written law, these Laws of God restrain sinners, keeping them from being as bad as they could possibly be. They also reveal our sin, pointing out our need for the righteousness of Jesus Christ in order to be justified before our holy and just Almighty Creator Father God. But, there remains one more important use of God’s Law. The Law of God is a guide to what pleases God, as direction for walking in holiness, avoiding sinning and displeasing God.

In order not to sin against the Lord, we must know what pleases and displeases Him, and the way to know such things is to be so thoroughly familiar with His Law that it is part of our very being, controlled by the law in the heart as our core personal identity and action as we walk in the Spirit daily. Within our process of sanctification and growing and maturing in faith), the law is an ongoing guidance. The Lord Jesus explained that not even the smallest part of god’s Law will pass away. The moral law points finally to the new creation when obeying God will be second nature, so as long as sin abides and we fall short, we must have moral law to guide us.

The lesson states that, although true believers are not under the law as a covenant of works to be therefore justified or condemned, yet it is of great use to them, as well as to others, in that, as a rule of life informing them of the will of God. Creator God established what is right and wrong in His eyes. The Law of God corrects our misunderstandings of right and wrong. It helps us understand that God pleasing good works include both the right action and motivation. It helps us discern the right way to go when we must make decisions, that we may say: “No, that would be the wrong thing to say or do.” It is God’s good gift to equip us for pleasing Him in all that we think, do, say, love, and believe.

Ultimately, lovingly seeking to know and to do God’s Law in gratitude for our forgiveness, redemption, salvation and eternal life as an obedient child of God and citizen of heaven.

Blessed in Christ.