verse of the day

Wednesday 22 February 2012

Why the law?. [ Galations 3 ]

C S Lewis wrote, /You cannot make men good by law, and without good men you cannot have a good society/,the law of God was not given to make us good,it is impossible for the law to make us good.If we were good we would not need laws,if we were good then we will always love perfectly, and obey perfectly, but we dont.God give us His law not to make us good, but to show us we are not good.The law of God is good, but because of the weakness of the flesh,we fail to keep it, Israel who lived under the law,were a failed nation, the law never made them good it highlighted,there sinful nature, shown by their sinful behaviour.No one can keep the law of God perfectly[Romans 3 v23 ],the result is we come under a curse[Galations 3v10]. Many religions teach that if we keep certain laws, we will be accepted by God,and so their followers, try to obey, and they are sincere, but sincerely wrong, for a perfect God demands perfect obedience. My study Bible declares the following,/ The law has two functions. On the positive side, it reveals the nature and will of God, and shows people how to live. On the negative side, it points out peoples sins , and shows them that it is impossible to please God by trying to obey all His laws completely/. As we will see tomorrow,we need more than Gods law , we need the grace of God through His Son Jesus.
A prayer..../Dear God thank You for Your law that shows us our true condition before You, that we all are without exception sinners in Jesus name Amen /

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