Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is very important for every believer to fully grasp!
The Law and the Gospel
Whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one
point, he is guilty of all. —James 2:10
The moral law does not consider our weaknesses as human
beings; in fact, it does not take into account our heredity or infirmities. It
simply demands that we be absolutely moral. The moral law never changes, either
for the highest of society or for the weakest in the world. It is enduring and
eternally the same. The moral law, ordained by God, does not make itself weak
to the weak by excusing our shortcomings. It remains absolute for all time and
eternity. If we are not aware of this, it is because we are less than alive.
Once we do realize it, our life immediately becomes a fatal tragedy. “I was
alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I
died” (Romans 7:9). The moment we realize this, the Spirit of God convicts us
of sin. Until a person gets there and sees that there is no hope, the Cross of
Christ remains absurd to him. Conviction of sin always brings a fearful,
confining sense of the law. It makes a person hopeless— “…sold under sin” (Romans
7:14). I, a guilty sinner, can never work to get right with God— it is
impossible. There is only one way by which I can get right with God, and that
is through the death of Jesus Christ. I must get rid of the underlying idea
that I can ever be right with God because of my obedience. Who of us could ever
obey God to absolute perfection!
The Law was given so that we would KNOW that we could NEVER keep it in our own human strength! It is ONLY by the Blood of JESUS that we ever qualify to be children of God! But when we DO receive JESUS as our Lord and personal Saviour, then we are made NEW and COMPLETE - IN HIM! THAT is what the New Birth is all about! Thank You, JESUS, for this most precious GIFT! Merry CHRISTmas season everyone! Here is Hillsong with one of my favoreite CHRISTmas songs! "We Have A Saviour":
Shalom in Him!
