{"id":4071,"date":"2016-10-04T10:33:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T10:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=4071"},"modified":"2016-10-04T10:33:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T10:33:26","slug":"if-you-are-led-of-the-spirit%e2%80%94you-are-not-under-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=4071","title":{"rendered":"If you are led of the Spirit\u2014you are not under the law."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIf you are led of the Spirit\u2014you are not under the law.\u201d\u00a0Galatians 5:18<\/a><\/p>\n

We who looks at his own character and position from a legal point of view, will not only despair when he comes to the end of his reckoning\u2014but if he is a wise man, he will despair at the beginning; for if we are to be judged on the footing of the law, then no man can be justified. How blessed to know that we dwell in the domains of grace\u2014and not of law!<\/p>\n

When thinking of my state before God the question is not, \u201cAm I perfect in myself before the law?\u201d but, \u201cAm I perfect in Christ Jesus?\u201d That is a very different matter. We need not enquire, \u201cAm I without sin naturally?\u201d but, \u201cHave I been washed in the fountain opened for sin and for impurity?\u201d It is not \u201cAm I in myself well pleasing to God?\u201d but it is \u201cAm I accepted in the Beloved?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Christian views his evidences from the top of Sinai\u2014and grows alarmed concerning his salvation; it were better far\u2014if he read his title by the light of Calvary. \u201cWhy,\u201d says he, \u201cmy faith has unbelief in it, it is not able to save me.\u201d Suppose he had considered the object of his faith instead of his faith, then he would have said, \u201cThere is no failure in Him, and therefore I am safe.\u201d He sighs over his hope, \u201cAh! my hope is marred and dimmed by an anxious carefulness about present things; how can I be accepted?\u201d Had he regarded the ground of his hope, he would have seen that the promise of God stands sure, and that whatever our doubts may be, the oath and promise never fail.<\/p>\n

Ah! believer, it is safer always for you to be led of the Spirit into gospel liberty\u2014than to wear legal fetters. Judge yourself at what Christ is\u2014rather than at what you are. Satan will try to mar your peace by reminding you of your sinfulness and imperfections; you can only meet his accusations by faithfully adhering to the gospel and refusing to wear the yoke of bondage. Charles Spurgeon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIf you are led of the Spirit\u2014you are not under the law.\u201d\u00a0Galatians 5:18 We who looks at his own character and position from a legal point of view, will not only despair when he comes to the end of his reckoning\u2014but if he is a wise man, he will despair at the beginning; for if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,38,118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c-h-spurgeon","category-the-law","category-walking-in-the-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4072,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071\/revisions\/4072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}