Seed for Dec 9

Rom 8:3
3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man,
(NIV)

What the Law could not do…because of the weakness of the flesh, Jesus has done. Jesus has made us the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Now, if we know that the Law is powerless to make one righteous (in right standing with God), then why in the world do we Christians saddle men with the bondage of law keeping? Touch not, taste not, handle not…etc! We know that the 10 commandments was a measuring rod, and that not one man could ever measure up to. No matter what we do, when we stand next to the 10 commandments we see ourselves coming up short. Why then do we burden God’s children with our own set of religious laws? We say “This is a holiness standard” (just another set of commandments) and present this new law to a believer and expect him to measure up. How foolish. If you yourself could not measure up to God’s 10, how do you expect a believer to measure up to your “standard”? If not one man ever measured up to the 10 commandments of God, how can we be so foolish as to expect men to live up to our “standard of holiness”? Instead of setting men free, we have put them into religious bondage. Instead of liberty, we now have dress standards. Instead of liberty, we now have prayer and bible study and fasting standards. Instead of liberty, we now have a list of religious rules that far exceeds the 10 commandments of God. We have preached liberty, but in reality put men into bondage. That is not the gospel of grace. What is the answer? Reckon yourself dead, and surrender your living body and will to Jesus to live thru you. Not by the rules I have kept, nothing but the blood of Jesus. Be blessed.

Billy and Jan Wells