SUPERNATURALLY
EFFORTLESS
Hebrews
8:10
“This
is the covenant I will make with house of Israel after that time, declares the
Lord. I will put My laws in their
minds, and write them on their hearts. I
will be their God and they will be My people.”
Old Testament Hebrews wanted to obey
God, but failed miserably. So God
decided to plant His laws inside us so that we’d know right from wrong
instinctively. Covenant is an agreement, a contract or a promise between God
and His kids.
God put His laws in our minds, and wrote them on our hearts. Welcome to life under God’s new Covenant that
Jesus ushered in! What’s the difference
between God’s old and new Covenants?
The Ten Commandments were the laws
of the old covenant. The new
covenant laws that God puts
in our minds and writes on our hearts are A) the royal law of love from Matthew 22:37-40, B) the
perfect law of liberty from James
1:25, and C) the law of faith from
Romans 3:27.
Jesus gives us the royal law of love in Matthew 22:37-40: “Love the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest
commandment. And the second is like it:
‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
We
love because He first loved us. (1 John
4:19).
James gives us the perfect law of
liberty, “But the man who looks intently at the perfect law that gives freedom,
and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he
will be blessed in what he does.”
James 1:21-22 explains: “Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and
evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Do not
merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
Supernatural Instinct identifies
right and wrong behavior effortlessly. We
discover wanting to do the right thing at precisely the right time. That’s
liberty!
Take Home Nugget
Apostle Paul teaches the law of
faith: “Where, then, is boasting? It is
excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith.” God allowed the sins
committed before Jesus’ atoning death to go unpunished; afterwards, God redeems
whoever has faith in Jesus—through His shed blood. “He did it to demonstrate His justice at the
present time, so as to be just and the One who justifies those who have faith
in Jesus.” (Romans 3:26).
Perfectly accepted, believers have
confidence to come boldly into God’s presence.
Soon, we discover that we want what He desires for us.
Believers are synced with God, living
victoriously from the inside out!
J.D.
Griffith
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment