'And the law is not of faith: but, the man that doeth them shall live in them' (Galatian 3:12).
On our Christian journey, we will have people trying to deter us from the path of righteousness. There are those who will try to lead us away from God's truth, and bring doubts in our minds.
We see the Christians in Galatia who had such problem. They were been pressured by the Judaisers that they need both Christ and the law to be saved. These were very convincing arguments put forward by these Judaisers, which led the Galatians to doubt they have been saved by God's grace through faith in Christ alone.
As Christians, we have to know the Word of God for ourselves and be in a right relationship with God, and be led by the power of the Holy Spirit to know truth and eliminate errors that may arise.
When certain doctrines are preached that are not truth from the Scriptures, we should tackle it head on, like Paul with the Galatians. Paul showed from the Old Testament Scriptures that the righteous shall live by faith (Habakkuk 2:4). He also adds that the law is not of faith, but is of works. Those who live under the law must do them and live (Leviticus 18:5). In other words, if we live under the law, we must do what it says.
We must live by faith in Christ to be saved,and become right with the Father. It is Christ we need, he is the One who died on the cross for us, and not the law; even though we still need the law to point us to the only One who is Perfect - Christ.
He fulfilled the law on our behalf, that is, all who live by faith. Paul argued that, the Galatians had receives God's Spirit after believing in Jesus, before they did any works of the law.
We too have believed by faith that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and accept what He did at the Cross for us, before the works of the law was manifested.
Paul further argued that, they received the blessings of God by faith and His curses by the Law. It was Christ who paid the ransom of that curse on the Cross for them as well as, us.
Paul also let them know that the God's covenant with Abraham was as a result of his faith. He believed God and was accounted righteous. We too who accept by faith and are descendants of Abraham have inherited the covenant promise, which cannot be revoked.
Let us truly test the Spirit of God, as the Scriptures says, "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them"
(Isaiah 8:20).
Let us understand that we are justified by grace through faith and not works of the law. The Law is not based on faith in God, but on good works which are impossible for us to do without Christ.
Let us continue to live our lives by grace through faith and rejoice in Christ finished work on our behalf. He is now in heaven as our High Priest and Judge. Only trust Him!
Have a wonderful day and a blessed weekend
'But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you' (Matthew 6:33). The Lord is our Provider and knows all that we are in need of before we even ask. We do not need to worry or fret ourselves about what we shall eat or drink. Our Father in heaven will take care of these things we need. We are told by Jesus, 'To seek first the kingdom of God.' What does that mean? It means we should lean on, and trust in the grace of Jesus Christ. We should repent of our sins and have a desire to turn away from it. We should seek to put God first in our praise to Him, in our worship of Him, to put our total trust in Him and to rely on Him rather than ourselves or others. We need to seek Him first in our reassurance and acknowledging who He is and what He can do. We also need to seek God's righteousness by loving our neighbors and feeding the poor and destitute, seek justice for the vulnerable. We should put God's plan and
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