Galatians 5:6For
in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts
for anything, but only faith working through love.
For in
Christ, neither our most conscientious religion nor disregard of religion
amounts to anything. What matters is something far more interior: faith
expressed in love.
I am currently reading RT Kendall’s old time book “Once
Saved Always saved” and he says
Good works do not help the slightest bit with reference to our eternal
salvation.Once a person has rested his case in the finished work of Jesus
Christ, there is nothing further he can do to help, neither is there anything
he can do that can hurt.[1]
Christ
saved us single-handedly by his own blood ad this was before we could ever make
any repentance speech. We are saved according to the riches of God’s grace. God’s
motivation and love in saving us is our reference point; its all of God who in
Christ was reconciling the world to himself nt counting the sins of men against
them.
Religion
catapults us back to that old way of rule keeping. I have seen people suddenly
using a modest activity like praying as a bench mark for Christian living. Most
peole are motivated by fear and not love to pray. If anything we do as
believers comes from the notion that God is withholding something from us
unless we pray then we have made prayer our salvation.
Its amazing
How God rebuked the children of Israel
for changing their religious activity and temple worship into idol worship.The practices that were supposed to draw them near to God pushed them further and further.
When what we are doing is not according to love; Herein he first loved us, then
we will be motivated by fear.If we are holding fast to our salvation, praying
every day, calling the Holy spirit, paying tithe, with the grasp in our hearts
that somehow if we don’t do such things , we will be eternally lost, then we
are motivated by fear and not love and such things however spiritual they are
just nullify the accomplished work of Jesus at the cross.
The intensity
of our Christian activity is not determined by the vibrancy of our activities,
neither circumcision nor uncircurmcision avails anything- in this case put any
law or standard for Christian living, but faith working through love. When
faith worked through love the effectiveness of God is working in you. God energizes
himself in you so that you can live a life that pleases him. i know those who
are going to refute this are going to say “are you saying that we should no
longer be devoted to God, pray do this or do that?” What am saying is that
neither conscientious activities or us disregarding such activities count but
faith being expressed through love.it doesn't matter how spiritual you regard yourself, How anointed and superficial you appear to be; such is not the expression of faith.
Many
believers probably don’t understand their stake as a righteous people. Many
people are working hard to be counted righteous before God. We are aware of God’s
promises but at the same time our antennas are tuned to what we are supposed to
do next. It seems like our preoccupation naturally is to methodologies methods
and ways. We are enticed when we are given five things to do, seven principles
to watch for. Its in regard to this that Paul says these conscientious effort
do not amount to anything. They don’t improve or enhance on our eternal state
of being blessed. Whether we are not praying enough or whether we are over
praying, we are already blessed in Christ Jesus with all the spiritual
blessings in the heavenly realms. Whether we want to be convinced that its our
effort that activates thee blessings or whether we are aware of these
blessings; human activity is not the measure of How God operates.
God’s
dealing with us is according to the measure of Christ’s gift(eph 4:7) when we
operate in that understanding, then faith is operating through love
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