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God once told Moses... "you have found Grace in my sight, so i will do what you asked".
And this presents THE interesting distinction, between the OT and the NT.
And i'll show you more as we take a closer look at the distinction.
And its a WONDERFUL distinction.
its a THANK YOU JESUS, distinction.
ITs a Hallelujah distinction.
Take a look....
God told Moses, "YOU found Grace, in my sight".
So, that is the OT, "under the law", where a person is found trying to do something so that God would see it, and bless, based on the Self Effort.
In Deuteronomy for example, God says...>"if you DO all this....if you KEEP all this, then i will do all THIS for you".
So, that is the essence of "being under the law", which is the heart of the old covenant.
Now compare this to the "time of the Gentiles"., the "new Covenant", as found as the Grace of God.
Notice reader.....We are no longer finding Grace in God's sight by our EFFORT to try to get it.
Why?
Because God is now giving Grace, as the BLood Atonement.
God is now giving righteousness, as the GIFT of righteousness
God is now giving Salvation , as the GIFT of Salvation.
John 3:16
See the stark change from OLD to NEW?
In the Old Testament, you worked to try to possess God's favor.
In the New Testament, in the "time of the Gentiles', you are no longer under the law, but "under GRACE", you are blessed by God, as a "GIFT".
Reader......IN the OT, you were favored or not, based on your effort to attain it by works.
In the NT< you are gifted, favored, and blessed FREELY...all based only on what Christ did for you on the Cross, = all achieved for you by the shedding of God's blood, His body's death, and His literal Resurrection.
See that CHANGE?
That is the GOSPEL. That is the "Grace of God". That is "unmerited favor". That is God being good to you, based only = on what CHRIST DID FOR YOU.
Aren't you glad God came down here and took care of all your sin for you with His own shed blood, and became your Eternal FATHER and your FRIEND, vs you living in old testament times when you had to try to earn this same favor by Works.....
Do you see the DISTINCTION between the "working to receive the blessing" of the Old Covenant, vs, the "GIFT" of blessing and favor that come not because you earned them, but because God loves you so much that He came down here to provide His own Blood for you, so that you could receive all His blessings found as "His riches in Glory" for FREE, forever.
Now, I / Paul both teach that the 2nd Adam, (Jesus) came, to restore the born again into the 1st Adam Position, as : God's Righteous.
Notice, when Adam and Eve were in the Garden, God GAVE them everything.
They didnt have to earn it. It was all FREE to them. God supplied it all.
All they had was God's blessing to them, and they havd everything.
Yet, They threw it all away for the taste of rebellion.
Then, later, Law came by Moses, and it put us under the slavery of SIN.
"the Law is the POWER OF SIN".
"Christ came to REDEEM YOU FROM the CURSE OF THE LAW".
See that?
That is OT vs NT.
Law, vs Grace.
So, NOW, under the NEW TESTAMENT , the NEW COVENANT, ....when God's blood is applied to you, all your sin is resolved and God's righteousness again becomes who you are, "in Christ", and you now possess Eternal Life and will get a New Body.
So, all that is FREE.. Its a GIFT. "The GIFT of Salvation". "The GIFT of Righteousness".
You dont earn a Gift. You RECEIVE IT.
All this comes to you, because of what God did for you on the Cross, for FREE.
See that Love?
See that Gift?
God is Love.
God restores you to 1st Adam position, as "the righteousness of God", "in Christ", and made so, by the 2nd Adam, who is Christ The Lord.
Reader......Here is one more look at that OT LAW vs God's NT Grace.
When the LAW was given by Moses, 3000 people DIED that very same day.
When Grace was Given on the day of Pentecost.... 3000 believed it and were added to the church.
See that LIFE?
The Law came and 3000 died., as the Law """"(the letter kills.)"""
Grace came and 3000 were made ALIVE by the Spirit of God.
Law brings death.
Grace brings forgiveness and joy, freedom and Eternal life.
The Law, DEMANDS.
GRACE, provides.
See it?
See the OT vs the NT?
See the Law vs Grace?
See the Old Covenant vs the NEW Covenant?
They are not the same.
They oppose each other.
Reader, When you are under the law, and not born again, you are a SINNER.
So says the Law.
But Now God's GRACE Says....When you trusted Christ and God SAVED you with the Blood of Jesus, you became a :
Saint
Heir of God
Joint Heir with Christ
Temple of the Holy Spriit
ONE with God and Christ
Friend of God
Born again.
Possessing Eternal Life
Redeemed
Blood Bought
Forgiven