LAW & GRACE

God is often rightly portrayed in the old Testament as King of the Jews and all men. Over the years he has ruled his people in two principal ways, by the Law and by Grace. GOD gave the law to Moses on mount Sinai to govern his people while grace came through His son Jesus Christ’s obedience and sacrifice on the cross.

When God ruled by the law, his children did not know him personally and intimately because of their sins and disobedience. So God spoke through prophets and used his priests as mediators between him and the people. God used judges and kings to govern the people and they were all under the law. Anyone who loved God and wanted to please him back then had to keep all the laws and regular sin offerings were offered by priests when people disobeyed God and broke the law.

God’s rule by law ended with the birth of his son Jesus Christ who brought the ‘Kingdom of God’. Christ is the word of God that became flesh and he is our great high priest who rules with Grace and Mercy over all who believe and submit to his authority.

There is a huge difference between God’s rule through the law and by grace. The law was a sort of mirror that man could use to see the condition of his relationship with God. To be accepted by God , we have to be holy , perfect and righteous. The law clearly exposes how far we are from being Holy perfect and righteous. But while the law exposed our sins and drew us away from God, grace on the other hand brings us closer to God. We are humbled when we know that we are righteous and perfect and holy before God not because of our works or good deeds, but by Christ’s perfect obedience and sacrificial death on the cross. We can now have a perfect and intimate relationship with God the Father and come boldly before Him anytime we want.

In conclusion; God’s rule by grace is all about love and mercy while the law was about judgement. The law was out to expose man’s selfishness , imperfect and sinful nature while Grace exposes Gods loving, kind and perfect nature. Under the law man tried to do it all by himself, but under grace, man surrenders to God which is the natural order of things.

 

SPEAK BLESSINGS NOT CURSES!! POWER OF WORDS.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.  proverbs18:21

Cursing is very  popular today, infact its hailed in rap muscic and almost all Holywood productions today.   Cursing has become so normal that  many in America and young people all over the world take it as a compliment. Sadly even christains curse these days. Someone cuts you in traffic and you shout Idiot or fool. Your child dose something wrong  and you call them stupid, you are speaking death to that child.

WHY is cursing bad?   God loves Everybody very dearly, infact God SO LOVED the world that He sacrificed His only son so that we should have eternal life. John 3:16. When you curse , you are basically spitting in Jesus’s face saying you dont appreciate His love and sacrifice because He died for that person that you are cursing.

James 3:9  says ” With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.  James 3:10 ” From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.”
James 3:11  Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?

Cursing  and vile language is from the devil and  thats all he knows. He is a  liar and father of all liars whose only mission is to Steal , kill and destroy Humans. John 10:10.   ITS really a sad thing that humans today with the help of the media have made cursing so popular. Cursing dosnt only hurt, but it destroys us and our future because there is power in our WORDS.  What we say always comes to pass, . GOD has given us the power to declare a thing and it shall come to pass.  IF we bless people with our words, they shall be blessed indeed and if we curse them, they shall be cursed indeed.

No wonder the bible says in 1 John 4:20  that ”Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.”    1 John 2:9  Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.
         John 13:15  says ”By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Lets share love and not death, blessings and not curses, Lets love one another and not hate. LEAVE  cursing to the devil, he knows he is doomed and has only a short time left thats why he curses. But we have life from Christ and salvation, so lets speak life.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL