Bible Devotions with UWThe Righteous shall live by believing.QUOTE
Romans 1:17 - For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."
Why is it that some days when we wake up, we feel that God is like thousands of miles away?
Our Eyes, Our Hearing, Our Feelings tells us by the terrible deeds that we may have committed in the days pass, could have pushed God away. If you feel like somewhat like that, I have a solution from the Bible.
But Let me explain first, why. Everyday there is a spiritual war waged by the weaponry of Satan that tries to fixate our mind that we are still under the Righteous Requirement of the Law.
What I mean is this. This enemy makes us think we need to appease God through our actions, deeds, works, obedience..you name it, all that falls under the category of Effort of Man.
That is how the Bible term it, works.
In the Old testament, the righteousness of Man was sought. BUT IN the gospel, the righteousness of God himself is revealed as explained in Romans 1:17 above.
The Old Covenant
DEMANDS. THOU SHALL NOT! By the effort of Man
The New Covenant
SUPPLIES. GOD SAYS "I WILL" By the Grace of God.
In the Old when Man wanted their own way, God gave the 10 commandments as a test.
In the New God came and gave His Son away as our substitute that the Law DEMANDS when Man could prove no further of himself.
God gave us about 2000 years to understand that we cannot. And yet today many of us still live thinking that we can.
When you read the Old Testament, understand that Man is bankrupt and yet tried to prove himself righteous. Man who is in need to be saved and yet trying to be a Hero.
This is indeed the vanity of Man.
Understand that when Jesus came, He put the
end of the righteous requirement of the Law towards Man. The Bible explains it like this in
Romans 10:4 (KJV) - For Christ is the
END of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
It is over dear friends. This need to fulfill the righteous requirement of the Law is OVER! Christ put an END to it as explained in Romans 10:4.
END means FINISHED, OVER! NO MORE!
Our New life is no more about deeds/works/obedience/ doings/ etc..but BELIEVING! Even when you wake up feeling lousy, you can choose to believe that God is near you and loves you dearly!
When you believe this correctly, the Holy Spirit goes into work affirming your Faith and brings in the manifestation to the confirmation of his word.
When you
Believe what God says in the understanding of the New Testament, ALL the righteous requirement of the Law is credited to you! (Romans 8:3-4)
Our EVERYDAY life hangs on our believe. This is what it means. The Righteous shall live by Faith. NO more about deeds but about Believe.
Dear Friends.
Believe that God loves you, is near you, you're made righteous in Christ. Your FAITH is the new requirement.
God Bless.
This post has been edited by unknown warrior: Feb 6 2015, 10:08 AM