Skip to main content

Freedom






THE NEW LAW BROUGHT FREEDOM FROM THE OLD LAW

This new law in Esther Chapter 8 didn’t cause Haman’s previous law to be null and void. That law was still valid: a day of ‘open slaughter’ upon the Jews. The new law allowed the Jews to defend themselves and fight their enemies. What do you think would have happened if the Jews had not believed this second decree from the King? They would have remained an easy target for their enemies, bound by the first law. In other words, if you don’t operate under the power of the second NEW law, you will succumb to the power of the first.

Let us relate this to the gospel of Salvation. The wages of Sin is death; this is the first law. But Jesus came to redeem us from eternal death and gave us eternal life through His death; this is the second law. It doesn’t mean that we won’t die, but it means that when we do die and have accepted and believe in Christ, we are given eternal life. It was the same for the Jews, they had to accept, believe and behave according to the second law, because if they didn’t they would have died under the law of death initiated by Haman.




ARE YOU STILL LIVING UNDER THE FIRST LAW?

DO YOU FEEL CONDEMNED BECAUSE YOU DON’T THINK YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOD?

You don’t have what it takes to live the Christian life by yourself. You couldn’t save yourself from the penalty of sin and you can’t save yourself from the power of sin. There is a second law in place. And it is something far better than your own efforts! Live under His grace; the new law of salvation and not of condemnation. Don’t think that you have to do things to make Him love you more. His love for us is so great that nothing we can do could change it. We do amazing things because we love God, we don’t do those things to gain His love.

Being under the new law doesn’t mean that we should sin that God’s grace may continue to cover us…no way (Romans 6). He wants to take the old and make it new, transform our old ways into ones that truly depict our love for Him.





Share your thoughts?

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Good Friday

  Happy Good Friday   This is the day that we remember what Jesus did for us --- enduring beating, mocking, and being crucified.   I imagine his disciples did not consider it to be a “good” Friday at the time. But what makes it GOOD is what happened on Sunday --- when Jesus did the impossible and rose from the dead.    Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.  ~ 1 Peter 1:18-19 ESV   One of the best ways of celebrating Jesus and His Resurrection…is through family traditions.    Family traditions can be as simple as attending  ️  church and having lunch or brunch together.    Jesus was a story-teller. I believe he knew the power of a story to capture hearts and bring joy while effectively delivering a specific message. He often used parables to teach.  Do you have a favorite Bible Story or family tradition? A G
Post a Comment
Read more

Canva

Created 2 Create Twitter Cover Image Design Canva - One of My Favorite Design Programs and Apps With Canva , you don’t have to be a design pro, it makes designing easy. You can use your own photos or you can you upload images from sites like Unsplash or Pexels  and download them on your computer totally FREE. Canva also offers an app for you phone. Canva lets you Create designs for Web or print: blog graphics, presentations, Facebook & social media covers, flyers, posters, invitations and many more.  The design options are endless, and the site is very user-friendly – you can modify one the their designs or create your own using one of the templates. Unsplash offers professional images that you can modify, edit and use as you desire. Again, totally free! Pexels ’ site is just like Upsplash , these are royalty-free photographs for you to use as you wish. These are some of the designs I created using Canva … Click on links belo
7 comments
Read more

Why God Wants to Bless You!

  Why God Wants to Bless You!   “For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away” (Matthew 25:29, ESV). Do you know that God wants to bless you? He wants you to have abundance, lacking no good thing. But He doesn’t want that for you and me so we can merely enjoy our lives. He wants us to steward our resources so we can be better able to reach out to others and bless them in His name. Jesus said in Matthew 5:16 (ESV),   “…let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”   The goal is fruitfulness. The goal is God’s Kingdom. The goal is for God’s blessing to flow through us so we might be a blessing to others, to the glory of His name!
Post a Comment
Read more