I believe we need to stand up for the power of the cross, and keep preaching the ETERNAL redemption found only in this precious love story. If the cross is not the finish line in the mind of a believer they will be chained to a works salvation, whether they admit it or not. Why? Because a little yeast works through the whole batch!!Amen!
We are doing the biting and devouring for the devil........lol he's not working and he is headed for hell!
I can recall in my younger days as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ seeking victory over the power of sin through religion. What appeared to me as wisdom at the time only proved over and over “the law of sin and death”. The more I tried, the more this law brought me back to it’s reality… SIN AND DEATH!
Romans tells us there are two laws at work in our members: The law of sin and death, and the law of the Spirit of Life. Freedom from the first law is walking in the second... A freedom not separate from Christ in us our hope of glory! But one may ask, "don’t WE have to work to please Him"? No! All that is required of us is to REST in His mercy and grace, and Christ in us does the work. Resting in the perfect victory of His Son gives a victory that is relentless! In the Grace of His Son there is a power that never sleeps, a power that never quits, a power that holds no record of wrong, a power that is manifested by faith in the fact the price has been FULLY PAID! This is the POWER of HIS CROSS! NO LONGER I BUT CHRIST is the UNRELENTING POWER of the BLOOD of the PERFECT LAMB OF GOD!!
Having been pulled from the shadows of legalism, I completely understand the fear and anger that embraces those who can’t see the blood of Christ is sufficient.
We must know that their unbelief cannot be quenched by human weapons, but by the mercy and love that flows from the Cross where our Savior bled and died! A revelation through the Holy Spirit is indeed the only cure for this unbelief. And because they can’t see, their human reasoning has only one choice but to craft a dismissal of all things that pertain to His finished work alone.
There are several obstacles in their way that contradict their belief that God’s Grace is not sufficient, and one of those hurdles is John 3:16: The word “eternal” in “eternal life” must be dealt with to satisfy this unbelief. Those who have been proclaiming and defending the freedom of God’s Grace for some time are surely no strangers to terms such as these: "Once saved always saved", "license to sin", and "eternal security". They use these terms in a degrading fashion to belittle those who defend and proclaim what happened on A hill called Calvary.
Many of those who are in bondage to legalism are sincere, and know that the cross is necessary, but just can’t SEE that Jesus fully paid the price. Surely, something from themselves has to be added to His sacrifice to extinguish their own sinful desires? Not understanding that a little yeast works through the whole batch... and boy does it ever!! Living on the inside of this unbelief is miserable and far removed from the love, joy, peace, hope and freedom that operate spontaneously in the truth. They may have a zeal for God, but in their own ignorance they cannot proclaim the very truth that has already set them free.
Let us never forget that this unbelief is a stronghold and can only be vanquished by the Holy Spirit through the Gospel of Grace. Remember we have the tender mercies of our Lord dwelling in us, so our gentleness should be evident to all!! And when they do finally come to end of themselves.. I wanna be there!! I wanna see their smiling faces!! See the heavy burdens melt away!! Watch their sorrow turn to gladness!! Witness a joy that has no shame!! ... THE JOY OF THE LORD!!!
Galatians 6:14
But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Grace and Peace...
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