Law Established
\nRomans 3:31 \u201cDo we then make void the law through faith? God forbid:
\nyea, we establish the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
Faith does not add to salvation but through faith we trust Christ who is
\nour Salvation. We see the grace wherein we stand. Thusly, the law is not
\nmade void but in every way established.<\/p>\n
Faith establishes the law as the embodiment of God\u2019s character. A
\nbeliever knows what the law of God requires thus seeing God as holy,
\nholy, holy. What righteousness!<\/p>\n
Faith establishes the law in that the law finds natural man totally
\nunrighteous, unfit, incapable of approaching God. \u201c\u2026for by the law is
\nthe knowledge of sin.\u201d (Rom 3:20) Saving faith compares my deeds to what
\nthe law demands, showing me my need of a substitute.<\/p>\n
Holy law is a magnificent steed
\nToo many hands high
\nFor me to mount and ride to glory
\nNo matter how I try<\/p>\n
Faith establishes the law as the witness to Christ\u2019s perfect obedience.
\nMade of a woman, made under the law, Christ fulfilled the law in every
\nrespect. The sinner saved by grace delights to hear the law declare
\nChrist righteous for He is our Righteousness.<\/p>\n
Faith establishes the law as a witness that God is both just and
\njustifier. The law reveals sin in us and the wages of sin are death. God
\ncan in no wise clear the guilty. But by the wisdom of God, Christ is the
\nspotless Lamb, set forth to be the propitiation through faith in His blood.<\/p>\n
Faith establishes the law because the believer\u2019s sincere desire is to
\nobey the law for the sake of Christ who loved us and gave himself for
\nus. Not that we might obtain a righteousness; our righteousness has been
\nobtained. Not that we might become holy; in Christ we are holy. But
\nrather, the true desire toward obedience to God in every believer is the
\nfruit of the Spirit with which we have been sealed. Because of all that
\nChrist has accomplished, God by the work of the Holy Spirit, writes his
\nlaw upon the heart of every believer. There is no longer a spirit of
\nbondage but a spirit of adoption, whereby we desire to be like Christ.
\nAnd thanks to the faithful Abba, Father in which we worship, one day we
\nwill.
\nClay Curtis<\/p>\n
The law is lawfully used as a means of conviction of sin: for this
\npurpose it was promulgated (established) at Sinai. The law entered, that
\nsin might abound: not to make men more wicked, though occasionally and
\nby abuse it has that effect, but to make them sensible how wicked they
\nare. Having God’s law in our hands, we are no longer to form our
\njudgments by the maxims and customs of the world, where evil is called
\ngood, and good evil; but are to try every principle, temper, and
\npractice, by this standard. Could men be prevailed upon to do this, they
\nwould soon listen to the Gospel with attention. On some the Spirit of
\nGod does thus prevail: then they earnestly make the jailer’s inquiry,
\n“What must I do to be saved?” Here the work of grace begins; and the
\nsinner, condemned in his own conscience, is brought to Jesus for life.<\/p>\n
When we use the law as a glass to behold the glory of God, we use it
\nlawfully. His glory is eminently revealed in Christ; but much of it is
\nwith a special reference to the law, and cannot be otherwise discerned.
\nWe see the perfection and excellence of the law in his life. God was
\nglorified by his obedience as a man. What a perfect character did he
\nexhibit! Yet it is no other than a transcript of the law. Such would
\nhave been the character of Adam and all his race, had the law been duly
\nobeyed. It appears therefore a wise and holy institution, fully capable
\nof displaying that perfection of conduct by which man would have
\nanswered the end of his creation. And we see the inviolable strictness
\nof the law in his death, There the glory of God in the law is
\nmanifested. Though he was the beloved Son, and had yielded personal
\nobedience in the utmost perfection, yet, when he stood in our place to
\nmake atonement for sin, he was not spared. From what he endured in
\nGethsemane and upon the cross, we learn the meaning of that awful
\nsentence, “The soul that sinneth shall die.”
\nJohn Newton<\/p>\n
Purpose and Providence
\nTommy Robbins<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your
\nwhole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of
\nour Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He that calleth you, Who also will do
\nit.\u201d 1Th 5:23-24<\/p>\n
Divine Providence is the unfolding of Divine purpose in time. God\u2019s
\neternal purpose and providence is essentially and vitally connected with
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ and His redemption of those whom He has loved with
\nan everlasting love and His bringing them to eternal glory. All things
\nin time are ordained by Almighty God to this glorious two-fold end; the
\nglory of God and the eternal good of the children of God – \u201cAnd we know
\nthat all things work together for good to them that love God, to them
\nwho are the called according to His purpose\u201d Romans 8:28. Everything,
\nEVERYTHING! that transpires in time, from beginning to end, is concerned
\nwith the salvation and preservation of God\u2019s elect and His glory therein.<\/p>\n
There is no person or no thing that He brings into existence that does
\nnot move according to this, His great design. Every atom is under
\nsubjection to Divine Omnipotence to the praise of the glory of the same.
\nWe therefore confidently conclude without fear or trepidation that God
\nand His Christ is and will be glorified in all things and we, His
\npeople, are saved with an everlasting salvation.<\/p>\n
My brethren, be assured, every trial, every sorrow, every affliction,
\nevery failure, every success, every joy, every happiness, is
\nmeticulously attended by Divine Omniscience, Omnipresence and scrutiny,
\nto perfection – \u201cFaithful is He that calleth you, Who also will do it\u201d.
\nOur Lord Jesus Christ, \u201cWho being the brightness of His glory, and the
\nexpress image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His
\npower, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right
\nhand of the Majesty on high\u201d Hebrews 1:3. May our God give us rest in
\nHis blessed Son knowing that present and future history is charted by
\nunfailing love and certain success.<\/p>\n
THE Promise of God
\nMaurice Montgomery
\nThe promises of God, \u201csaid one man, \u201care like the clothes we wear; if
\nthere is life in the body, they warm us, but not otherwise. Where there
\nis living faith, God\u2019s promises afford warm comfort.\u201d Thus we can say
\nwith Luther, \u201cAlthough I am a sinner, yet I despair not; for Christ, who
\nis my Redeemer and righteousness, liveth. In Him I have no sin, no fear,
\nno sting of conscience, and no fear of judgment. In Christ there is no
\ncondemnation. I am indeed a sinner as touching this present life, but I
\nhave a righteousness of God which is above this life, who is Christ my
\nLord. In Him I rejoice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Children of the promise.
\nRomans 9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the
\nglory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of
\nGod, and the promises; 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as
\nconcerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever.
\nAmen. 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they
\nare not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7 Neither, because they are the
\nseed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be
\ncalled. 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are
\nnot the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for
\nthe seed.<\/p>\n
The message of this passage of scripture is simple, clear and
\nunmistakable. The earthly nation of Israel are not God\u2019s people. That is
\nplainly stated in verses 7 and 8. God\u2019s people are called here the seed
\nand the children of promise and being a Jew does not make you one of
\nthose. Only those who are chosen in Christ (the Seed) from before the
\nfoundation of the world are God\u2019s people. Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham
\nand his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of
\nmany; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Galatians 3:29
\nAnd if ye be Christ\u2018s, then are ye Abraham\u2019s seed, and heirs according
\nto the promise.<\/p>\n
All of the promises of blessing in Christ are made to the heirs of the
\npromise, not earthly Israel, but spiritual Israel. Nothing could be more
\nplainly revealed in the word of God. Many consider the earthly nation of
\nIsrael to have some kind of divine protection and favor from God. Let me
\nbe clear about this: If you reject the Lord Jesus Christ being a Jew
\nwill not keep you from suffering God\u2019s eternal wrath in Hell, and if you
\nreceive Him, believe on Him, being a Gentile will in no way hinder you
\nfrom enjoying all spiritual blessings in Him. The favor of God is in
\nChrist, not in bloodlines or family trees.- Chris Cunningham.<\/p>\n
A God You Cannot Satisfy, A Law You Cannot Keep . . .
\nI have tried diligently to preach God as He really is, to sinners as
\nthey really are, and to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Mediator
\nbetween the holy God and sinful men, the all-glorious Redeemer who
\naccomplished, by Himself, the reconciliation of His people (II Cor.
\n5:18-21). I have tried, and shall continue to do so, to preach to you:
\n1. A God you cannot satisfy,
\n2.A law you cannot keep,
\n3.An obedience you cannot produce,
\n4.A righteousness you cannot produce,
\n5.A love you cannot give,
\n6.Sin you cannot get rid of,
\n7.A judgment you cannot endure,
\n8.A repentance you cannot produce,
\n9.A faith which God alone can give,
\n10.But … a Christ who fully satisfied God for sinners and who freely
\nsaves the vilest of sinners. I urge you to look to Him, believe Him,
\ntrust Him, and confidently commit your guilty soul unto Him. Simply hug
\nup to Him in childlike faith and trust, and all will be well with your
\nsoul. In Him there is no condemnation.
\nPastor Maurice Montgomery
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