word of truth that reflects the face of man’s birth (genesis) as in a mirror. He calls this word,which proclaims God as our true origin, the law of perfect liberty. To perceive God as our origin and to discover in Christ how perfectly God succeeded to redeem His image in humanform, ignites a new order and quality of spontaneous life.
The law of perfect liberty in theGreek
, nomon teleion eleutherias
, means the following:
nomon,
law, order,
teleios,
completeor perfect,
eleutherias,
unrestrained, exempt from obligation or liability, spontaneous.(Inspired by faith and not by willpower)
THOUGHTS FOR LIFE February 4
Religion traditionally proclaims and promotes man’s responsibility and obligation to observestrict prescribed codes of conduct. Only within the implicit obedience of these could manwish to score some points. The more we struggled to do the right thing the greater the senseof condemnation and guilt became whenever we failed. To even imagine a life withoutobligation and exempt from liability sounds reckless and irresponsible. Surely this law of spontaneity can be nothing more than wishful thinking. Yet the effect of this law guarantees alife expression of total fulfilment and liberty, complete, perfect and lacking in nothing. James1:4. We all know that the experience in ‘real’ life is often in sharp contrast. We haveaccepted the fact that we are incomplete, imperfect and will always be in lack...Could such a life of total fulfilment be available to your average man on the street, or is thisexclusively reserved for the odd priest or perhaps the Pope or possibly the Dalai Lama?
THOUGHTS FOR LIFE February 5
The law of perfect liberty does not rely on man’s ability and disciplined performance to obeyand perform routine regulations and commandments. Like the law of gravity, this law worksspontaneously within a specific ‘magnetic’ field of influence. Living under the law of Moses or any moral law for that matter, depends entirely upon the individual’s willpower and self-discipline to consistently adhere to and obey the requirements of the law. Thus the law of obligation became the basis of man’s experience of condemnation, guilt, and a sense of failure, lack and inferiority. What keeps religion enslaved to this law is fear of punishmentand a hope for reward, whether it is the thought of escaping hell and gaining heaven oneday, or at least the pious feeling of applause and recognition now. Any measure of successachieved produced a ‘holier than thou’ attitude, which could easily become the breedingground for hypocrisy. The need to be noticed and applauded became more important to thePharisees than the good deed in itself. Mathew 6:1-8.
THOUGHTS FOR LIFE February 6
Under the law of obligation, doing remains a duty and not a spontaneous lifestyle. So muchof religious zeal and energy involves man’s endeavour and effort to do things that willhopefully qualify him to be accepted by God. But sadly, within the day-to-day experience of most, the sense of distance between the Creator and the creature remains a reality.Ultimately, man remains isolated through feelings of guilt, inferiority and disappointment, and
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