I had lunch with one of my colleague last friday at jacks' place. He shared with me how he used to attend this mega church years back and even know how to speak in tongue on the 3rd time he visited it. However, he left the place simply because he felt he couldn't obey the 10 commandments.
My reply to him was "Who can?".
Not me, not my pastor, not a single person in my church, not a single person in the church he attended, not even the pastor to the church he attended, not even mother theresa and the catholic pope and not a single living person in this earth now!
It was for this reason Jesus Christ came 2000 years ago to redeem the world! He did not come to abolish the Law that was given, He came to fulfill each Law and at that cross, He executed that divine exchange through his death so that His righteousness becomes our righteousness! To preach the law is to bring condemnation to the people, because no one can keep the Law!
Whenever you preach the Law, you will notice people fear God and be in bondage just to keep the law. Religious people are often selective in keeping the Law. Jesus came and amplified the Law. If you break one, you break all of them. Heaven was created in such a way that not even a person with a single sin can enter! Opps, no prize for guessing where a person with sin will go then...
When you preach grace, people will draw near and worship the Lord with thanksgiving because He is good! The fact remains: we are forgiven not because of our own works but because of what Jesus has done for us! His blood washed us whiter than snow! Friend, it is for freedom that Christ has set us free! - Galatians 5:1
That's why the whole world needs Jesus, my friend. To end off... a song to share.
It was for this reason Jesus Christ came 2000 years ago to redeem the world! He did not come to abolish the Law that was given, He came to fulfill each Law and at that cross, He executed that divine exchange through his death so that His righteousness becomes our righteousness! To preach the law is to bring condemnation to the people, because no one can keep the Law!
Whenever you preach the Law, you will notice people fear God and be in bondage just to keep the law. Religious people are often selective in keeping the Law. Jesus came and amplified the Law. If you break one, you break all of them. Heaven was created in such a way that not even a person with a single sin can enter! Opps, no prize for guessing where a person with sin will go then...
When you preach grace, people will draw near and worship the Lord with thanksgiving because He is good! The fact remains: we are forgiven not because of our own works but because of what Jesus has done for us! His blood washed us whiter than snow! Friend, it is for freedom that Christ has set us free! - Galatians 5:1
That's why the whole world needs Jesus, my friend. To end off... a song to share.
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I'm found.
'Twas blind, but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heart to feel
and grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed.
Yes, a simple yet powerful truth!
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