One thing I became very aware of , how totally dependent on the righteousness of Christ.The law cannot save . So as I read the commandments , it was very humbling to admit how weak even as a believer I'm . As I measure myself to the law , it laid bare any thoughts that my own righteousness could save me.
The law should drive us to the cross . It is in Jesus Christ that we have been made righteous . It was his perfect life without sin , fulfilling the whole of the law , dying in my place , taking my punishment , rising again so that I may be justified .
The commandments point to that need of the each soul for a Savior . For no one has ever kept them . We are sinners , law breakers . So as I finished reading them and agreeing that they are good , my heart praised God that in Christ , I have kept them all because what I could not do , He has .
So the next time you want to witness to someone , don't say God loves them and has a wonderful plan for their lives . Take them to the law and so them how they actually are before a holy God . They will be no wiggle room for even if they say they haven't committed most of them , let them deal with Jesus telling the people that if you hate you killed your brother or if you have lust you have engaged in adultery of the heart (Matthew 5) .
Then and only then will the gospel make sense to them, because if they are content in their own self righteousness , the cross will make no sense at all .
(Had to have a pic of Heston ;^) )
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Nobody ever thinks they're that bad, not like Hitler, anyway. According to God, without the redeeming Saviour, you are. I love Matthew 5. It really gets you over your own self-righteousness and makes you realize your own inadequate standing before a just God. Some people have the opposite feeling that God could never help them because they're so far gone. Jesus' work on the cross is so powerful that, brace yourself, if He had softened Hitler's heart and he had repented and believed then he would be in heaven. He would have also had to give himself up for trial and take the consequences, most likely execution. Without the Redeemer, if you break even one of God's laws, you take the consequences. Love you, Mrs Reg
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