Thursday, August 7, 2025
Born-again believers are no longer under the Law
Those who have Christ living in them are Spiritually inclined to love the Law, there is no need to "follow" what we now do naturally.
Following the Law never saved anyone. It was given to convict sinners of their sinfulness and draw them to Christ for cleansing.
Galatians 5:22-24 "…22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.…"
Those who obey Christ no longer need the Law; they have the Lawgiver living in them. Now our lives convict the unsaved because they are still under the curse of the Law.
Galatians 3:13 '13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us — for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"
Those who are still trying to follow the Law for salvation are still under the curse, attempting to effect their salvation their own way instead of trusting in Christ Who fulfilled the Law through His death and resurrection.
Those who think they are doing God a favor by doing their own sacrificing to appease Him are still living under the condemnation of the Law. They do not understand salvation in Christ and remain willful and unchanged by Christ. These people are prideful about what they think they do for God, humility is not present, and all the friut of the Spirit is absent.
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things, there is no law."
God will not change anyone who wants to be their own master of their own life. He will only change those who know they are unable to save themselves and have trusted in Christ.
Christ did away with rituals when He died and rose from the dead. We who have trusted in Him worship in Spirit and in Truth, not through dead rituals.
Following the Law never saved anyone. It was given to convict sinners of their sinfulness and draw them to Christ for cleansing.
Galatians 5:22-24 "…22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.…"
Those who obey Christ no longer need the Law; they have the Lawgiver living in them. Now our lives convict the unsaved because they are still under the curse of the Law.
Galatians 3:13 '13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us — for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"
Those who are still trying to follow the Law for salvation are still under the curse, attempting to effect their salvation their own way instead of trusting in Christ Who fulfilled the Law through His death and resurrection.
Those who think they are doing God a favor by doing their own sacrificing to appease Him are still living under the condemnation of the Law. They do not understand salvation in Christ and remain willful and unchanged by Christ. These people are prideful about what they think they do for God, humility is not present, and all the friut of the Spirit is absent.
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things, there is no law."
God will not change anyone who wants to be their own master of their own life. He will only change those who know they are unable to save themselves and have trusted in Christ.
Christ did away with rituals when He died and rose from the dead. We who have trusted in Him worship in Spirit and in Truth, not through dead rituals.
Jesus Christ was and is Our Sacrifice
The word Worship is not in the New Testament in the original language. In the Old Testament, worship was associated with physical prostration before God. It also involved the sacrifice of animals which we no longer do because Christ was our sacrifice for sin when He came and rose from the dead.
God said that there will come a time, which is now, when we worship in Spirit and Truth, not in physical expressions. The sacrificial Lamb of God lives in every believer; we worship with our lives because He lives in us.
We do not do outward physical things as sacrifices, we worshp in our Spirit and in Truth.
John 4:24
"24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
God said when we come together, we do it to edify one another in the faith, meaning build up through teaching, in songs, and through the Lord's supper when we do as He commanded. We do not make up our own physical ways of "worshiping" Chris,t we speak of Him, extole His principles, and honor Him; this is Spiritual worship.
Romans 12:1-2 "calls for spiritual worship by presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, and by transforming our minds through the renewing of our thoughts to understand and follow God's will, rather than conforming to the world's patterns. This is not just an emotional experience but a continuous, transformed way of living that involves the entirety of one's life."
In the Old Testament, designated priests offered sacrifices to God on behalf of mankind, but when Christ came, He offered the sacrifice, and we chose to follow Him. It is no longer about outward physical rituals on the part of mankind, but it is an inner heart attitude that is seen in our lives daily.
God said that there will come a time, which is now, when we worship in Spirit and Truth, not in physical expressions. The sacrificial Lamb of God lives in every believer; we worship with our lives because He lives in us.
We do not do outward physical things as sacrifices, we worshp in our Spirit and in Truth.
John 4:24
"24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
God said when we come together, we do it to edify one another in the faith, meaning build up through teaching, in songs, and through the Lord's supper when we do as He commanded. We do not make up our own physical ways of "worshiping" Chris,t we speak of Him, extole His principles, and honor Him; this is Spiritual worship.
Romans 12:1-2 "calls for spiritual worship by presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, and by transforming our minds through the renewing of our thoughts to understand and follow God's will, rather than conforming to the world's patterns. This is not just an emotional experience but a continuous, transformed way of living that involves the entirety of one's life."
In the Old Testament, designated priests offered sacrifices to God on behalf of mankind, but when Christ came, He offered the sacrifice, and we chose to follow Him. It is no longer about outward physical rituals on the part of mankind, but it is an inner heart attitude that is seen in our lives daily.
No Confession of Sin No Forgiveness or Cleansing
Psalm 32:5
Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin.
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin.
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
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