Seed for Mar 29

Rom 3:20
20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
(NIV)

None will be declared righteous (none will measure up) by keeping religious law is what the Bible declares. Why is it then, after knowing I do not measure up, I go to a church where they give me a list of do’s and don’ts? And some how I am deceived into thinking after doing these (do’s and don’ts) I will measure up? It is as if they load my backpack up with heavy burdens of do’s and don’ts, all trying to make Billy a better man! Pray an hour everyday (which sounds good) but still I don’t measure up. Fast and study (which sounds good) but still I don’t measure up. Keep these holiness rules (which sound good) but still I will not measure up. What am I trying to say? Everything that had to be done was done by Jesus (He declared it is FINISHED), and now, I have become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus by faith and not by keeping any do’s or don’ts of religious laws. The life of Jesus inside me has become the Law Giver and Law Keeper, and Life Giver, and my right standing. It is not about making Billy a better man, but about a new life of Christ Jesus inside me. I live by the Faith of the Son of God. The religious laws say “Do and Don’t”, but my Jesus says “Rest, I have made up the difference”.