𝐑𝐨𝐦 𝟑:𝟏𝟗 𝐊𝐉𝐕 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰: 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝.
Today’s Devotional…
Yes, you are guilty if you are still struggling to live by the law. For the law had only one objective: to stop every mouth and make the whole world appear guilty before God.
So, if you think that by struggling to observe the law, you can appear righteous before God, then read our opening verse again.
The end result of obedience to the law is condemnation.
The law was simply a tool God used to prove that all men were guilty of sin. He did this so that all men could see the need for a totalitarian salvation, and that is where the Messiah comes in.
Today, many Christians are turning again to the law, struggling to obtain righteousness by it, forgetting that Moses and all the Israelites failed to achieve righteousness through this way.
You will continue to live in perpetual consciousness of sin and guilt, if you continue to seek righteousness through the law. That’s all you can get from the law.
Righteousness, comes from Christ. He is the one who justifies (not the law).
While you ignore the righteousness that Christ gives and keep struggling to obey the obsolete law of Moses, know that Moses and all those who were under the law longed to see Christ and obtain free and pure righteousness that you ignore but didn’t.
Why do you want to go for the law that enslaves men but reject Christ who gives liberty? Ponder…
For Christ’s sake, may you never be guilty, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
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