Thursday... It had its place.

Thursday... It had its place. The law of the OT had its place. Yes it did.

Galatians 3:19 (NLT) says, "It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins." And it did that. It really did that. But the Word continues, "But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised."

Now back to verse 5, "... does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ."

Now Christ was promised by God to come to this world and be the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. And He came and He died as a sacrifice. Now in His coming the sin problem can be taken care for us through confessing our sin and asking for HIs forgiveness and in turn we are forgiven and we are justified to the point that it is just as if we had never sinned. The law couldn't do that but Christ's death did.

But something else happened with Christ's coming to this world. He made it possible to have the Holy Spirit in our life to guide us and empower us and live through us in a way that wasn't possible with just the law.

Again verse 5 but in the Amplified Bible, "So then does He who supplies His [marvelous Holy] Spirit and works miracles among you, do it as a result of the Law [which you perform], or because you [believe confidently in the message which you} heard by faith?"

We need more than to perform the law, we need faith in God through Christ who gives us His Holy Spirit to work miracles among us. Are you having s sin problem. This is where you start.

Yes, you can be forgiven but you must keep on living and you do that to your fullest with the Holy Spirit living in you. He cleanses you of that within you that wants to keep on sinning. We without a doubt need Him in our lives. The law shows us the sin problem but Jesus with the Holy Spirit take care of the sin problem.

Is there something that is giving you problems in living a sin free life? Then you may need an infilling of the Holy Spirit to take care of the desire and empower you to conquer that sin problem. Just ask for forgiveness through Christ and ask for the cleansing and infilling of the Holy Spirit to empower you to live above that sin.

Now you may need help from other sources but the Holy Spirit will lead you and prod you and show you where you need to go. The cleansing and infilling of the Holy Spirit is the part that we too many times miss! We do the confessing and believing but miss the cleansing and the infilling. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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