LIVING OUT THE LAW OF LIFE IN CHRIST.
By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi
"for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure."Philippians 2:13 NKJV
Jesus Christ's death on the cross marked the end of the law of Moses as a pathway to the attainment of righteous standing before God. " For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes."Romans 10:4 NKJV .
Believers in Jesus Christ are no longer bound by the rigid law of Moses. The Bible says " For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
" Romans 6:14 NKJV we are liberated from the law , the Bible says
" Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. 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.," Romans 7:4, 6 NKJV
Jesus' Spirit of truth in us gives us freedom "Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is , there is liberty." II Corinthians 3:17 NKJV
This liberty comes from meditating on the words of Jesus Christ contained in the holy Bible. Constantly meditating on the word's of Jesus Christ liberated the soul . The Bible says " But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. " James 1:25 NKJV
"The Lord's law is to love God and our neighbor. The Bible says " For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14 NKJV
This requires doing deeds in pure unselfish love are lawful . "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law." Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV
Only Jesus Christ can give a person the power to live by his law because it is stricter than the law of Moses. For example , it says love and pray for your enemies ( Matt5:38-45) . The Bible says " I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13 NKJV and " For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;II Corinthians 5:14 NKJV
Prayer Heavenly Father forgive me of my sins against me I believe Jesus Christ died and was raises again for my salvation I receive him as lord and saviour and the holy ghost and power for the healing of the sick in Jesus name.
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