Comi ngTo

The
EndOfThe
Law
Butbl essedareyoureyesbecause
t
heysee, andyourearsbecausethey
hear.Fortr
ulyItel
lyou,many
prophetsandr i
ghteouspeopl
e
l
ongedt oseewhaty ouseebutdid
notseei t
,andtohearwhaty ouhear
butdi
dnotheari t
.
 (
Mat
thew13:
16-17)

Topi
c:
Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw
(
Ser
ies1-19)

By

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orBanj
oAy
eka
(
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Edi
tedBy
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l
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I
t’
sTi
meToEat
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies1)
Ifeell
ikegiventhi
st eachi
ngatit
leasi
tisburni
nginmyheart
,butIthi
nkIshoul
dapply
wisdom toitinordertocaptur
ethepeopleofrel
igi
ousmi
ndset.Thatl
edmet ochange
thetit
lefr
om ToHel lWi t
hTheLawt o"
ComingToTheEndOfTheLaw"

Gett hi
spur ef act,l
awi snottheproblem, butt hechannelt hroughwhi chitcame
madei trejectedi nt heNewTest ament.Whatt hel awissay ingist hesamet hingthat
thet ruthi ssay ing, butt hedifferenceisthatlawcamet hroughlet t
er,whi letruthcame
throught hespi rit.Lawcamet hr
oughMoses, whi let r
uthandgr acecamet hroughJesus
(John1: 17) .Soi ti snotMosesy ougivey ourl ifet o,sowhatar ey oudoi ngwi t
ht he
proper tyofMoses?Theper sony ougav eyourl i
fet ocamewi t
ht wot hings:whi chis
truthandgr ace( John1: 14),sowhatel sedoy ouneed?Lawput sy oui nbondage( Rom
7);trut hset sy ouf r
ee( John8: 32),whil
egracegi vesy oupowert ost artanew l ifeof
ri
ght eousness( Tit us2: 11-12).Whydoy oul i
kebondage, whydoy oul i
key oke?( Gal5:1)
.
Iam t alkingtoy ouBr otherHol i
nessandSi sterRi ghteousnesst haty out hinkholiness
andr ight eousnesscomebyl aw.Seet hefacther e:

KJV:Idonotfrust
rat
ethegraceofGod:f
orifr
ight
eousnesscomebyt
hel
aw,
thenChr
isti
sdeadinvai
n(Gal
ati
ans2vs21)
.

Now whati st r
uth,andwhati sl aw?Tr uthiswhenl aw andgr acei smi xed
together.Trut
hiswheny oureceiv
ewhatt helawi ssay i
ngcoupl edwi t
hthecapabi l
it
yt o
doi t
.Butoncet hei nformationlacksagr ace( capabili
ty)
,itiscal l
edl aw andsuch
i
nf or
mat ionisdeadly.Cany ouseet hereasonwhyl awmustber ej
ected,becausegr ace
andt ruthhascomet hroughJesusChr i
st.Whenwhati swri
tteni nthebookofl aw is
writt
eni nyourheart(Heb10: 16)
,younol ongerneedt hebookoft helaw, whaty ounow
needi sthebookofl i
fe.Andt hesamebi bleiny ourhandcanbeabookoft helawi fy ou
don'tknowhowt oreadi t
,andalsocanbeabookofl i
feifyouknowhowt or eadit.Once
youhav ecomet oast agei nthespi r
itwher ewhaty ouareseei ngf r
om genesi st o
revel
at i
onisChr i
stitmeanst hebiblehasbecomet hebookofl if
et oy ou,buti fy ou
cannotseeJesusi nt hebookofMal achi,Jeremi ah,Psalm e.t.
c.,youar est i
l
lr eading
l
etterandatt hatstagebi bl
ei sabookofl awtoy ou.(SeeJohn5v s39).Rewar dist o
thoset hatobeythebookoft helaw,whyi nheri
tancei stothoset hatobeyt hebookof
l
ife.

Underthebookofl if
ewhaty oudonotdet ermineiswhatyouget,yourfait
hin
whatChr i
stdidiswhatdet ermineswhaty ouget.SointheNew Testamentwhaty ou
recei
veisnotrewar d,butinher
it
ance.Sobi bl
eisnotabookofthelaw,toJoshuaitwas
abookoft helaw shallnotdepartfrom yourmouth(Josh1:8)
,butthatisnotforme,
becauseiam notundert helaw,iti
st hebookofli
fewhichisChri
stthatwil
lnotdepar
t
from mymout h.Chr i
stist heendoft hel awt ot hem thatbeliev eth( Romans10v s4) .
Becauser eadi ngt hel awki llsandr ender syoui mpot ent,yourecei vecondemnat i
on, but
readi
ngt hebookofl if
et her eisnocondemnat ion,butlov eofGod( Romans8: 1).Ify ou
arereadi ngt hebookoft hel awy ouhav ethef earofGodmor et hant heloveofGod, but
i
fy ouar er eadi ngt hebookofl ifey ouhav et hel ov eofGodmor et hant hef earofGod.
Sowedon' thav epr oblem wi ththel awf orwhatt helawi saskingust odo, butwehav e
problem wi t hitbecausewecannotdowhathei saskingust odo.I fthepowert odo
canbegi v en,whatt odocannotbeourpr oblem,i fpowert ofastf or120day si sgiv en,
fasti
ngf or120day sbecomeachi ldplay.Buti fthepowert ofasti snotgi ven,iwi llbe
thefirstper sont oeathotpoundedy am wi t
hv eget ablesoupat7am.Becauset hingsof
theSpi ri
ti snotwhatwest ri
veandst ruggletodo, i
tiswhatweenj oyandl ov edoi ngi f
thegr acei sav ailable.Sot hemessageoft hel aw hasnev erbeenourpr oblem.Some
peoplet hi nkwet eacher sofgr acet eachl awl essness:I tist heiri gnoranceofgr ace
l
eadingt ot hatunder standi ng.Thati swhyt hemomentt hesamel awi swr itteni ny our
heartbyt heHol ySpi r
it,i
tisnol ongert helaw, itiscal l
edthet r
ut h.Butoncei ti swr itten
i
nabookf ory out or ead,iti scalledt helaw,andt hatonceki lls(2Cor in3:6) ,itist he
onewr it
teni ny ourhear tt hatist hel i
fe(Heb10: 16).Becauseoncei ti
swr itteni ny our
heart( Spiritman) , t
hewr it
ergi vesy out hecapabi li
tytoactoni tandobeyi t
.Butoncei t
i
swr itteni nabook, itlackscapabi li
tytogi vey oul if
e,andoncei tcannotgi vey oul ife,it
givesy oudeat h.Sot ohel lwi t
hwhatgi vesdeat h.Thati swhysomeoft hepr eacher sof
thisgener at ionar eonl yproduci ngr eli
giouspeopl eandnotspi ritualpeopl e,andwear e
nothappywi tht hat.

Theassi gnmentofwet eachersishowt oensur efirstwer eceivewhati swr itten

i
nourhear t
st hencommuni catewhati swr i
ttenbyt heanoi ntingoft heHol ySpiritso
thatthewor dwi l
lent ery ourhear tandnoti ny ourhead.Becauseagoodt eacherdoes
nott elly ouwhatt odo,t heyt eachy ouwhatt odo.Toi nstructi sdiffer
entfrom t o
explain.You cannotf athert his generati
on i fy ou are an i nst ructor,because t his
gener ati
oni sdemandi ngf orexpl anationandt hatisthewayGodwi r
edus.Becausewe
arebor ni nthisgener ati
onwi thspi ri
tualintell
igence.Wear ejustl i
keJesuswhom at
age12begant oaskquest ionsi nthesy nagogue( Luke2: 46-47), becausehewasachi l
d
growingi nwisdom ( vs52) .I tisthespi r
ituall
ydul lpeoplet hatwi lljustacceptwhaty ou
aresay ing and doi ng,becausey ou arepr oducing results.Yourt eaching mustbe
balancei nthisdi spensat i
on.Becauseawi semanwi llasky out hatwhataboutt hose
whoar enotdoi ngwhaty ouar edoi ngandpr oducingt hesamer esult
?Thati swhyt his
gener ati
onbegi nst oquest iont it
hing,wedon' thav eissuewi t
ht it
hing,buty outoldus
thatisagener alprincipletopr osperit
ythati fwedon' tt i
the,thi
ngswi l
lbet i
ght.Though
agener ationonceaccept edt hati gnorance,buti nthisgener at ionwear ebornagai n
withgi ftofspi rit
uali ntel
li
genceandwebegi nt osear cht hespi rit,searchthescript ure
andal sosear cht heenv i
ronmentandwear eseeingmanywhoar enotbor nagain,but
becomerichinacleanwaybothint
hebibl
eandintheenv
ironment
.Sowebegi
ntoask
quest
ionsjustasJesuswasaski
ngint
hesynagogue,
butt
heysaywearer
ebell
i
ous.

Weneedment ot eachuswhatt odoandnott el

luswhatt odo.Thegr acet hat
bringet
hsal vationdoesnotcomet otel
luswhatt odo, hecamet ot eachuswhatt odo
(Titus2:11-12)Ther eisdiff
er entbetweenTeachingandTel li
ng.Iti
snott heassignment
ofmant ot ellyouwhatt odo,i tistheassignmentofmant oteachy ouwhatt odoi n
thenewt estament .Anyonet ell
ingyouwhatt odoi sanot herMosesoft hi
sgener ati
on.
BecauseLawi stheonet ell
ingmenwhatt odo, whileGr aceisteachi ngmenwhatt odo.
Teachingi stelli
ngpeopl ether easonwhyt heyshoul ddosomet hingev enthought here
i
snor ewar dat tachedt oit.Themomenty oustartedshowi ngt hem r ewardi tisno
l
ongergr ace,itislaw.Becausey ouwil
lbedi sappointedifyouseet hosewhogett hat
samer ewar dwi thoutdoingt hel awyouattachedtoi t.Thatiswhyundergr aceitislove
thatcompel sust oobeyandnotr ewar
d,becausenot hingcansepar ateusf rom thelove
ofChr i
st:bei thunger,poverty(Romans8: 38-39).

Now Jesussaid,hedi
dnotcomet
oabol
isht
hel
aw (
Mat
t5:
17)
,whatwas
Jesusr
eal
lysaying?
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies2)
17.
KJV:Thinknott
hatIam comet
odest
royt
hel
aw,
ort
hepr
ophet
s:Iam notcome
todest
roy,butt
oful
fi
ll
.

18.
KJV:Forver
il
yIsayuntoyou,
til
lheavenandearthpass,
onej
otoronet
it
leshal
l
innowisepassf
rom t
helaw,t
il
lallbeful
fi
ll
ed.(
Matthew5vs17-
18)

Letusbeginthi
st eachi
ngfr
om t
hisbibleverseonwhatJesusChristsai
dconcerni
ng
thel
aw,becausethatiswher
emanyteachersofthelawhol
dunt oi
nignorant
.Let
’sfi
rst
dealwi
thverse17nowaswedeal wit
hv erse18int
henextseri
es.

Trul y,Jesusdi dnotcomet oabol isht hel awbecauset hepeopl ewhoar enoti n
Chr i
stneedi t,andunt ilyouar ei nChr istbef orey oucanf i
ndt het rutht ogui dey ou, but
fort hosewhocannotseet het ruth, theyneedt hel awt ogui det hem, sol awcannotbe
abol ishedbecauseoft hosewhoar eout sideChr ist,becausei tist hel awt hatgov er ns
thenat ur alwor ld,whi leChr istgov er nst hespi ritualwor l
dofl ight ,whi l
edev i
lgov ern
the spi ri
t ualwor l
d ofdar kness.The const i
tution thatgov erns t his count ry was
extract edf rom t hel aw,ev enot herr eligionsf ol
low t hesamel aw,andev ent radi tional
reli
gi ondoesnotsuppor tfor nication,soi fthesamei slawi swhaty oupr eachy ouar e
notdi ff
er entf rom ot herr eli
gi ons.Butf ort hosewhoar einChr i
st ,Chr i
sthasbecomet he
endoft hel aw f orus( Rom 10: 4) .Sowhatweneedi snotl aw t hatcomest hr ough
Moses, butt het rut handgr acet hatcomest hroughJesus( John1: 17) ,knownast hel aw
oft hespi rit( Rom 8: 2).Becausel awi smeantf orsi nnersnott her ight eoussay etht he
scr i
pt ure( 1Ti mot hy1: 9- 10).Weneedt hel awt ogov er
ntheear th,l estt hesi nner swi l
l
mi sbehav ebecauset her eisapar toft heear ththati sindar kness, sot heonl ythingt hat
canputsi nner st odot her i
ghtt hingi st ogi vet hem t helawandt heconsequencesof
disobedi ence.Butf oruswhoar ei nChr i
st ,truthi swhatweneedandnott hel aw.We
don' tneedl awi nt helight .Truthi sf rom t heHebr ewwor d"or i
ginali nf ormat i
on"andl aw
wasnott heor iginalinf ormat i
on,i tisal ternat i
vei nformationwhenmencannol onger
accesst het ruth.

Truthisl i
keasun, whi l
el awisli
keal amport ouch.Lamport ouchi suselessin
l
ight,y
ouonl yneedt hem t owal kindarkness.Soy oucan'tabol
ishthet ouchbecause
thoseindar knessneedi t.Thatwaswhatbr oughttherevelat
ionofDavidt hatsai
dy our
wordisal ampunt omyf eetandal i
ghtunt omypat h( Psa119:105),why ?Because
theywerei ndar kness,thel i
ghtoft hewor l
dhadnotcome.Soev er
yonet hatwant sto
walkwi t
houtst umbl i
ngneedst helaw.Forwewhoar einChr i
st,
thewor disnotal amp
toourpat h,thewor disasunofourEar t
h(l if
e)(John8: 12)
.Thehighestl i
ghtthel aw
canmani festist obelikeal ampi ntheni ght.Sot helawi snottheori
ginal,something
wasmi ssingt hatledtodar knesst hati
swhyl awwasgi v
enandwhenwhatwasmi ssing
camet obecomef l
eshandl ightwebehol dhi sgl orydi
fferentfrom thegl oryofthel aw,
sowet hrewawayt hel awandembr acedthegl oryofChr ist(John1: 14).Soasl ongas
darknesshasnotbeenabol ished,l
awcanev erbeabol ished.Dar knesswasnotabol ish
i
twasonl yseparatedf r
om l i
ghtandsomear est i
lli
ndar kness,sot hosei ndarkness
needst hel aw togui det hem untilthei
rdayofsal vat i
oncomeswhent heywi l
lbe
translat
edf r
om theki ngdom ofdarknesstot heki ngdom ofl i
ght .Butf orthoseinl i
ght,
i
ti smadnesst obecar r
yinglamp(law)abouti nt heday, samet othosewhoar ecarrying
thelawaboutwhent helightofthewor l
d(Chr ist)hascomet ot hem.Sot ruthisnott he
l
aw,manywhoar et eachingt helawthinktheyar et heonet eachingt hetruth,no,lawi s
nott hetr
uth,nothinggoodcancomeoutf r
om t hel aw.

Knowl edgeoft hel awput sy oui nbondage( Rom 7) ,whi letheknowl edgeoft he
truthset sy ouf ree( John8: 32).Sol awandt ruthar et woopposi telinei nassignment .
Butf oruswhoar einChr i
stJesus,wear emar riedt oChr istandmar ry i
nglawagai nis
call
edspi ritualadul t
er y(Romans7) .Bef orey oucanmar ryChr ist,youmustdi vor cet he
l
aw,y oumustsayt ohel lwi t
ht hel aw.Justast heGent i
lesdeni edt heirgodsori dols
andaccept edChr istsoal sot heJewsmustdenyt hei rl awandacceptChr i
st.Because
j
ustasgodsandi dol sist ot hegent i
le,soal sol awi st oJewi nt hesi ghtofGod,i fy ou
aref ol l
ower sofl awy ouar elikewor shippi nganot heri dol.Soi nt hesi ghtofGod,t obe
ani dolwor shi pperandt obeundert hel awi st hesame.Andj ustast hegodshav eal aw
given t ot hoseser ving t hem cal l
ed super sti
tion,al so Moseshav eal aw t ot hose
foll
owi ngMoses.Oncey ouar eundert hel aw,y oucannev erseeGod,whaty ouwi llbe
seeingi sMoses.Andy ou'llendupbecomi ngr el i
gi ousi nst eadofbecomi ngspi r
itual,
becausey ouonl yknowt hel awofGodwi t
houtknowi ngt heGodoft hel aw.Youbegi nt o
stri
v e,t r
yt ogetsomet hingf rom Godbyy ourdoi ng,y oudi scov erthatwhatweenj oy
beingundert hegr acingf reeofchar ge,y oubegi nt of astt ogeti t,becausey oudon' t
knowt heyar ef ree.Andy oucan' tbeundert hel awandbeundergr ace,i fyouwantt o
receiv ewhatwer eceiv edf reeofchar ge,itmayt akey ou40day sdr yf asti
ngundert he
l
aw.Thi sist hemy steryt hosef ast i
ngt orecei vepowerdon' tknow.Theyt hinky oucan' t
bepower fuli fy ouar enotaf astingper son.Theyf ai ltoknowt hatwhaty ougetby40
day sf asting, Icangeti tami nuteundergr acet hr oughknowl edgeofChr i
stJesusi fmy
assignmentr equi resioper ateinpower ,becausepowerdoesnotcomebyf asting,it
comesbyassi gnment .Johnt heBapt i
stf ast edmor et hanEl i
jahandEl i
sha,hedi dnot
eathuman f ood f ory ear s,y ethe nev eroper at ed i n any mi racul ous,why ? Hi s
assignmentdi dnotr equi ret hat,butt hesamespi ri
tuponhi m wasuponEl ijahand
danger ousmi racleswer er ecordedabouthi smi ni stry .Sor elaxy ourmi nd,don' tki ll
your sel f
,itisnotofhi mt hatwi lleth,becauset hatt hepur poseaccor di ngtocal l
ingand
elect i
onmi ghtst and( Romans9v s9- 14) .

Mostofwhatwear
etr
yingt
ogetbyf
ast
ingt
heyar
ethi
ngst
hathav
ebeen
providedfreeofchar get hatyoucanonl yr eceivebyf ai
th,buti gnor
ancebegi nstomake
yout opaypr i
cet ogetwhathasbeengi venf reel
yt oy ou.Soy ouareonlypay i
ngf ory our
i
gnor anceifyouar efast i
ngt oreceivepower .Undergr acewef ast
,butwedon' tfastt o
receive,weonlyf asttor eleasewhathasbeenf r
eelygi ventous.Butl awt el
l
sy out of ast
mor eifyouwantmor epower ,hetellsy ousomet hingpr eviousdoesnotcomeear ly,
law
tel
lsy outhaty oumustpayt hepricet ogett hepr i
ze.Butgr acecomesandsay ingmy
yokei seasyandmybur deni sli
ght,lear nf r
om me,i ngr acey ouwil
lfi
ndr estf ory our
soul( Matt11:28- 30).Gr acesai dy oudon' tpayt hepr icet ogett heprize,buthesai d
Christhaspai dt hepr i
cesoy oucangett hepr izei fyoubel ieve(Gal3:13-14).Justbe
foll
owi ngusint hisseries.Ev eryscripturet hattalksaboutt hel awiswhatwear egoi ng
tobeexpl aini
ng.SoChr istdidnotcomet oabol i
sht helawbecauseoft hosei ndar kness,
becauseChr i
stist heendoft helawf oruswhoar ebor nagai n(Romans10v s3) .And
wher eChr i
stist hatiswher eIam.Chr istcannotbeatt heendoft hel aw andbe
expect i
ngmet obeatt hebegi nni
ng...Itiedooooooo
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies3)
KJV:Thinknott
hatIam cometodest
royt
hel
aw,
ort
hepr
ophet
s:Iam notcome
todest
roy,butt
oful
fi
l(Matt
hew5vs.17)

Sti
llont
hissamebi
blever
se,webeganbydeal
ingwi
ththepar
tAofthebibl
eversethat
Jesussaidhehasnotcomet oabol
isht
helaw,now t
hesecondpartoftheverse17
saysbuthehascometofulf
ili
t.

Now,Jesussaidhecametoful
fi
ll
thelaw.Soful
fil
l
ingthelawisnotyourjob,
iti
s
onlyt
hejobofChri
st,i
tisJesust
hatonl
ycamet oful
fi
llthelaw,butforuswecamet o
know t
hatwecan'tful
fi
llt
helaw.Thepurposewhythelaw wasgi venisnotforusto
keepi
t,i
tisf
orustoknowwecannotkeepi t
.SeewhattheBiblesaysaboutt
helaw.

KJV:Butnow wearedel
i
ver
edfr
om thel
aw,thatbei
ngdeadwherei
nwewere
hel
d;thatweshoul
dservei
nnewnessofspi
rit
,andnoti
ntheoldnessoft
he
l
ett
er(Romans7vs.6)

Sot oChr isthi smi ssionwast of ulfi

llit,butf orus,t hel awi tist obedel iveredf rom it.
Butmandi dnotknow, manyar est il
lhel dcapt iveofi t.Thef ulfi
ll
mentoft hel awt ousi s
tocomet ot heknowl edget hatwecannotkeept hel aw,t hati swhenwecanbef ree
from i t
,oncey ouar estillthinkingt hel aw isf ory ou,i tmeanst hel aw hasnotbeen
fulfi
ll
edi ny ou,i tmeansy ouhav enotcomet ot heendofy our sel f
,i tmeansy ouhav e
noty etaccept edhowwr et chedy ouar e,itmeansy ouar est i
llspi ritual l
ypr oud, y
ouar e
stil
lfightingwi tht hel awt hinkingy oucankeepi t,y oust il
lbeliev ei nt heener gyofy our
flesh.Butnow,y ouar efindi ngi thar d,insteadofj oyofsal vationandsanct i
ficati
onby
thebl ood, youar eget t
ingcondemnedandf r
ust ratedev eryday .Butr elaxy ourmi nd,the
l
awi snotgi vent okeep, itisgi v
ensot haty oucanknowhowsi nf ul andusel essy ouar e.
Butf orChr istt hepur poseoft hel aw wasf orhi m t o keep i t.So y oumustf ir
st
under standt heset wopur posesoft hel aw:f irst
,t oknowt hatwecan' tkeepi t,second,
onlyoneper sonwasbor nf ortheassi gnmentofkeepi ngi t.Andany onet hatkeepst he
l
awwi t
houtsi nningi stheonet hatcanbequal if
iedt odi ef orthesi noft hewor ld,sofor
Chr i
st,hecamet of ul
fil
li
tandHewasdecl aredr ight eousbykeepi ngt hel aw.Butf orus
noonecanber i
ght eousbykeepi ngt hel aw.Thel aw isweakt omakey our ighteous
andy ouar eweakt okeept hel awandber i
ght eous.Soi fsomet hinghasnocapabi l
ity
tomakey our ight eous,whati snowy ourbusi nesswi t
hi t
?Seewhatt hescr i
pt ur
esay s
aboutt hel awagai n.

KJV:Idonotfrust
rat
ethegraceofGod:f
orifr
ight
eousnesscomesbyt
hel
aw,
thenChr
isti
sdeadinvai
n(Galat
ians2v
s21).

Thepur
posewhysomepeopl
ear
erunni
ngaf
terl
aw i
sbecauset
heywantt
oat
tai
n
holi
nessandr ight
eousness,butGodi ssay ingnowt hatr i
ghteousnessdoesnotcome
bylaw,thereisnowayi nt helaw,andt her eisnohel pfrom thel awsot ohellwit
ht he
l
aw.Becauset obeasuppor t
iveoft hel awi st obesay ingindirectlythatthedeathof
Christi
sinv ai
ninyourli
fe.Mindy ou,thesepr eachersoflawmayl ookasi ft
heyaret he
true pr
eachers ofholiness and r i
ghteousness i ny oursi ght,butGod say st hat
ri
ghteousnessdoesnotcomebyt hel aw.I nsteadoft hem tohumbl ethemselvestoseek
forhowr i
ghteousnesscanbeobt ained,theybegi ntoestabli
sht heirownr i
ghteousness.
Seewhatt heybegintodoinRomans10v s3- 4

1.ESV:For,beingi
gnor
antoft
heright
eousnessofGod,andseeki
ngt
oest
abl
i
sh
thei
rown,theydi
dnotsubmi
ttoGod'
sri
ghteousness.

Twot
hingswer
ement
ionedi
nthi
sbi
blev
ersewhi
chi
s;

1.Ri
ght
eousnessofGod

2.Thei
rownr
ight
eousness.

Now,whati st he right
eousness ofGod t hatthey areignor
antof ,i
ti sthe
ri
ghteousnesst hatcomest hr
oughChr istJesus,thatisr i
ght
eousnessthatstar
ted
wit
hin and mani fested out.Buttheirignoranceoft hisdimension makesthem to
establ
ishthei
rownr ight
eousnesswhi chisoft helaw.Now,howdoweknowt hatthei
r
ownr i
ghteousnesst heywentt oestabl
ishist
heoneoft helaw?

1.ESV:
ForChr
isti
stheendoft
hel
awf
orr
ight
eousnesst
oev
ery
onewhobel
i
eves.

Sooncey oubel i
evey our eceivethegi ftofr ighteousnessf rom Chr ist
,andi nthatgift
l
iesgr aceandcapabi li
tytomani festthef ruitofr i
ghteousness.I fy oudon'thav ethegift
ofr i
ghteousness,y oucannotmani f
estt hef ruitofr i
ghteousness.Teachi ngpeopl et o
l
iver ighteouslywi thoutfirstintr
oducingt hem t ot hegi f
tofr i
ght eousnessi slikea
poisonf ood.I tisli
keaski ngacr ippledmant owal kwi thoutgi vingst r
engtht ohisleg.
Thecr i
ppledmanknowsheneedst owor k,justgiv ehi m st r
engt hhewi llbyhi mself
wor knat urall
ywi t
houtany onet ell
inghim.Samet oev erybel ieverwhoar ebor nagain,
theyknowt hattheyneedt ostopmast urbating,theyknowt heyneedt ostoplying,but
nocapabi li
tybecauset hingst heydon’twantt odot heyst artdoi ngi t
.Sot el
li
ngt hem
thatmast urbati
onisasi ni snott hesol ution,givet hem at eachingt hatwillgiv
et hem
strengthy ouseet hem wal kingoutofmast urbati
onwi thoutst ruggle.Hmm. .
.Tohel l
withthel aw, Ihateitwit
hpassi onbecauseIknowhowi thasdeal twi thme.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw(
Ser
ies4)
KJV:Forver
il
yIsayunt
oy ou,
Til
lheav
enandearthpass,
onej
otoronet
it
leshal
l
i
nnowi sepassf
rom t
helaw,ti
ll
all
beful
fi
ll
ed.(
Matthew5vs18)
.

Wehavedeal
twi
thv
erse17oft
hisbi
blev
ersei
ndeal
i
ngwi
tht
her
eal
i
tyoft
hesubj
ect
ofl
aw.

Now,l etusmov etov

erse18.Please,r
eadthatbibl
etextcar
eful
l
ybecausewe
aregoi
ngt obet r
ustingGodt
ogiveustheinter
pret
ati
on.Letmegiveusanot
herver
sion
forbet
terunderstanding

NIV:Fortr
ulyIt
elly
ou,unti
lheav
enandeart
hdisappear
,nott
hesmall
estl
etter
,
nottheleastst
rokeofapen,wi l
lbyanymeansdisappearf
rom t
heLaw unti
l
ever
ythi
ngisaccompli
shed.

Thepur poseoft hel awi stobef ulf

il
lednott obeobey ed.Ther ei sdifferencebet ween
ful
fi
ll
ingascr i
ptureandobey ingascr i
pture.Toful f
il
lmeanst obeanobj ectofachi eving
anassi gnment .Thati s,t
helawi sapr ophecy ,l
awwasspeaki ngaboutsomet hi
ng,we
l
eftwhatt hel aw wasspeaki ng,webegi nt ofighttoobeyi t
.Law wast alkingabout
somet hingandsomebodyandJesussai dt hatnotoneoft hel etterswi l
lgowi thout
ful
fi
ll
ing,andt heassi gnmentofJesusonEar thwast of ul
fil
lthel aw.Hesai dHecame
i
nt hev olumeoft hebookswr ittenconcer ninghi m( Psalm 40: 7) .Idosayt hatbible
wasnott al
kingt ous, bibl
ewasnotav olumeofbookswr i
ttenconcer ningus, whatwas
wri
tten concer ning ourdest i
nywasnotdocument ed i n anybook,whati swr i
tten
concerningusi swr i
tteninaper sonnoti nabook, youdon' tstudybookt oknowwhati s
wri
ttenconcer ningus,west udyChr isttoknowi t.ButChr i
stst udybookst oknowwhat
i
swr it
tenconcer ni
nghi m.Biblewasonl yt al
kingaboutoneper son, andt hati sJesus, i
t
i
sJesust hatistalkingt ous.SeeJohn5v s.39toseewhatIam t alkingabout .

39.
NIV:YoustudytheScr
ipt
uresdi
li
gent
lybecauseyouthinkt
hati
nthem y
ouhav
e
eter
nall
if
e.Thesearet
hev er
yScr
ipt
uresthatt
est
ifyaboutme,

40.
NIV:
yety
our
efuset
ocomet
omet
ohav
eli
fe.

ThedayIcaughtt her evelati

onoft hisscript
uremywayofr eadingt hescr ipt
ure
changed,theonl
ythingIlookf ori
nBi bleisJesus,i
fIcannotf i
ndJesuswhat everIfind
i
sj ustheadknowledge,becausev erse40say sitiswheny ouf i
ndhi mt haty ouhav e
eternall
if
e.I
fyoustudyGenesi s1to2andy oucannotseeJesus,y ouar emissingal ot
.
BecauseGenesistoMal achiistal
kingaboutJesus.Mal achiisnott al
kingaboutt i
thi
ng,
i
tist al
ki
ngaboutJesus,tot hem,itistit
hingtousMal achiistal
kingaboutar evelat
ion
ofadi mensi
onsofChr i
st,becausewhatt heyseeisshadowbutwhatweseei sr eal
ity
.
Buti tisunf ortunat et hatwel eftreal i
tyandbegi nt ost udyt heshadow l iket heday s
befor eChr i
st.SoBi blei st al
kingt oJesus,andJesusi st alki
ngt ous.I nt heNew
Test amentwedon' tleanbi ble,wel ear nChrist.Fori nstance,y ouhav eat extbookon
mechani calengi neer i
ng,iti snott het extbooky ouar est udying,i tismechani cal
engi neeringy ouar est udyi
ng, soy oust udymechani calengi neer i
ngi nat extbook.Same
tous,Chr i
sti swhatwear est udying,andt her ei sat extbookf orit,wear est udying
Chr istint het ext book( bi
ble).Soy our eadtext book,buty ou'rest udyingmechani cal
engi neering,samet ouswer eadbi blebutwest udy i
ngChr i
st.Youbegi nt ogeti twrong,
i
fy ousayy ouwantt ost udybi ble.Thati swhatt hePhar iseesandSadduceesbegant o
dot hatl edt odifferentl aws, Mosesgav ethem onl y10laws, butbef oreJesuscame, the
l
aw wasabov e1000,whi let heywer est udyi
ngbi bleinsteadoft hem t obest udying
Chr ist.Samet ous,j ustonl yonecommandmentwasgi v ent ous,whi chisl ove,butas
webegi nt o st udyt heBi blei nstead ofst udy ing Christ,webegi nt o seedi ff
erent
doct rinesandl awsagai nt hatGoddi dnotsendus.Somebegi nt oseeear ri
ngsand
attachment ,some begi nt o see woman cov er i
ng theirhead whi l
e pr aying,some
differentkindofdoct r
ines.Butwhy ?Becausewear estudy i
ngBi bleinst eadofust obe
study ingChr ist.Idosayt hati fallofusf ocusonChr istal one,thechur chwi l
lbei n
unity ,andt hi
ssameChr i
stist heaut horandf inisherofanyf aith(Heb12: 2)ordoct rine
youar etobui ld.Sol awi snotf orus, iti
sChr i
stthati sforus.

Thelaw i
sabookt hatcamebef or
et heper sonthatit'
st alki
ngtoandt al
ki
ng
aboutcame, t
hatiswhywhent heper
soncameHi sassignmentsist oful
fi
llt
helawand
prophet.Lookatwhathesai dwhenhewasgi venoppor tuni
tyt
or eadachapterinthe
synagogue.Luke4:17-
21.Her eadsver
se17-19t otheirheari
ngfrom thebookthensee
whathappensinverse20

20.
KJV:Andhecl
osedthebook,andhegav
ei tagai
ntothemini
ster
,andsatdown.
Andtheey
esofall
them t
hatwerei
nthesynagogueweref
astenedonhi
m.

21.
KJV:Andhebegant
osayunt
othem,Thi
sdayi
sthi
sscr
ipt
uref
ulf
il
ledi
nyour
ear
s.

Cany ouseemy steryofhow t ost udyscr ipture,heknowst hescriptur

ewast alking
abouthi m,andev eryt
hingthatconcernhi m,andwhenheopenedI saiahhesawhi msel f
.
Mindy ou,f
rom biblehistor
y,hewasnott heonet hatchoset oreadt hatplace,itwas
givent ohim,becauset her
ear epat t
er nsofr eadingscri
pturesint hesy nagoguet he,
any oner eadingthisweekmustst ar
tf rom wher ethelastpersonreadl astweek, soi tis
cont inuousr eadi
ng,ev enthoughi tisDeut eronomyt hatJesusr ead,hewi l
lpoi ntt o
them t hatthescr i
ptureinDeuteronomyi stalkingabouthim.Whent hebi bl
esay st hou
shal lnotkill
,stealorlust,t
helawi st alki
ngt oJesus,hei stheonl yonet hatcankeep
thel aw,andhecamet okeept hel aw,hewasundert hel aw,livi
ngundert hel aw,
attai
nedtheper fecti
onoft helawsot hatbytheobedi enceofoneman, manymi ghtbe
j
ust i
fi
ed(Rom 5: 19).Sothatafterwear ejusti
fi
edwecannowbel ear
ningChri
stsothat
wecanbel i
keChr istandgot othewor l
dandmani festChristYoudon'tbeli
keChr i
stby
studyi
ngt helaw,oncey oust udyt helaw,y ouonlybecomej udge,condemningpeople
andjudgingthem about ,
youwi llneverseeanygoodt hingi
nany one.Whatdevil
isdoing
amongt hey outhsi swhaty ouwi l
lbeseei ng;youwon' tseewhatGodi sdoi
ngamong
theyouths.

Al
ly ourwr i
teupswi l
lbeal way showdev i
lisat tackingy outhswi thsoci almedi a,
youwi l
lnotseehowt hesamesoci almedi aisat oolf orev angelism int hi
sgener ation
andhowmanyl iveshav ebeenaf f
ect edposi t
ivel
ybyi t
.Youf orgettoknowt hatwher e
sinaboundmuchmor egraceabound( Romans5: 20).Becausey oubecomewhaty ou
takeyourqual it
yt imet ostudy .Ifyoust udymedi cine,y oubecomeadoct or
,ify oust udy
accounti
ng,y oubecomeanaccount ant,soify oust udyChr i
st,youbecomeaChr isti
an.
Wear enothav ingmanyChr istli
kei nthebodyofChr ist,manyt hi
nki tisbecause
holi
nessmessagei smi ssing,noi ti sChr i
stmessaget hatismi ssing.Sowhatwear e
studyi
ngisChr i
standChr istalone, hei stoodeept obest udy i
nghi m wi thanot hert hi
ng,
wear esti
llinv olumeone, andwear egoingtov olume3mi ll
i
on, ifwear esti
llinv olume
onesince2000y earsago,whenar ewegoi ngtof i
nish,andy ounow sayIshoul dbe
studyi
ngEl i
jahorMoseswi tht hat.WhatdoIwantt obedoi ngwi ththepowerofEl i
jah
whenIhav enotf i
nishedusi ngt hepowerofChr istinme.I ti sl i
kesomeonewhoi s
studyi
ngmedi cineandsur gerybutl efthiscourseandgoandbest udy i
ngaccount ing.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies5)
Forifbyoneman' soff
encedeat
hr ei
gnedbyone;muchmor et heywhich
recei
veabundanceofgr
aceandofthegi
ftofr
ight
eousnessshal
lrei
gninl
if
eby
one,JesusChri
st.(
Romans5:
17KJV)

Nowl etusbegi nt ogodeeper ,f ort hosewhohav epi ckedi nterestt of oll

owt hi
s
teachi ng.Not et his,f r
om ourbi blet extt hatI fwhaty ouar epassi ngt hr oughi sasa
resultoft hedi sobedi enceofonemancal l
edAdam, itwi l
lbewi ckednessonGod' ssi de,
i
fhesay st hesol utiont obeoutoft hepr obl em i sgoi ngt ol i
eony ourownobedi ence.
Thi si st hepr inci plet hattheki ngdom adopt edt of i
ndsol utiont ot hepr oblem of
manki nd.Yourunr ighteousnessi sagi fty ouar ebor nwi t
h,wei nherit
edi t, youar elivi
ng
unr i
ght eousbecausey ouinher it
edunr igt eousness.Si ni snoty ouror iginalnat ure,the
roady oupassedf rom heav ent ot heear thi st heonet hatcont ami nat edy ourt r
ue
i
dent ity ,
atl easty oudi dnotsi nf rom heav en.Thesameheav ent hatSat anoncest ayed
andsi n,y oucamef rom thereandnosi nwasr ecor dedf ory ouov ert here.Becausei f
yousi ni nheav enbef orecomi ngt oEar thy ouwi l
lnotbesentt oear th, youwi llbesent
toj oint hedemonsi ndar kness.Fory out obesentonanassi gnmentf rom heav eni sa
signt haty ouar ehol yfrom heav en,butwher ey oupassedcor ruptedy ourf l
eshand
blood.Ther efor e,someonemustcomet ot hisEar thwi thoutpassi ngt hroughAdam
(Niger ia)t oEv e( Ghana)t hent oear th( Chi na) .Becauset her ealcor rupt i
oni snoti nEv e
(Ghana) ,buti nAdam ( Nigeri
a) .Ev e(Ghana)i sj ustaf l
yov erwher ey ou'l
lst ayf ornine
mont hsunt ilthej our neycont i
nues.Soi fther ecanbeanot herr outetopasst hrought o
Ghana( Ev e)bef or eget ti
ngt oChi na( ear th)y oucoul dhav ebeenbor nwi thoutof fense
andl iv ehol ywi thoutcar ryi
nganycont ami nat ednat ure.Sot hepr oblem ofcor ruptionis
becausey oupasst hroughNi ger ia(Adam) .Thati swhyanot herr outehadt obecr eated
forJesus t o come,Jesus hav et ot ake f l
ight .The bi ble say s and Hol y Spi r
it
ov ershadowedEv eandshewasconcei ved( Luke1: 35).Sof orJesus,i tisf r
om UK
(heav en)byf l
ight( Holyspi r
it)t oGhana( Ev e)t ost ayt heref orni nemont hsbef orehe
boughtt henextt i
ckett oChi na( earth) .Thati swhyJesuswasnotbor nsi nf
ul,hewas
onl ydecl ar edsi nfulwhenhedr ankt hecupofouri niquityatGet hsemane( Luke22: 42).

Jesusdidnotl i
veholybecausehet rai
nedhi mself,heli
vedholybecausehewas
bornhol y,becausehi sNat ureisdi f
fer
entf r
om Adami cnat ure.Becausef orus,i n
i
niquit
ydi dourmot herconceiveus( weent eredintoherwombassi nner
s) ,youar e
alr
eadyasi nnerthedayt hedoctort ol
dyourmummyt hatsheisone- daypregnant .For
Jesushei sawor dt hatbecamef leshanddwel let
hamongman( John1: 14)
, butforus
wear esper mthatbecomef l
eshanddwel lamongmen.Sot hef l
eshandbl oodisnot
theissue,butthemat eri
althatbecamef leshandbl oodistheissue,andy ounowt hink
withthatmaterialy
oucanl iveholyandpleaseGod, ally
ourholi
nessdonei nthefleshas
l
ongasy oucomef rom t
hatmat er
iali
sli
kefi
lt
hyr ag.Youmustber e-bornbytheword
tobeaccept able(John3:3-7)
.SoGoddi dnothat eyoubecauseofwhaty oudid,He
hatesy oubecauseoft heproductthatbecameyou.Youar ebornbyAdam thatiswhy
youar ereject ed,soyoucanonl ybeacceptabl
ewheny ouarebornbythespi
rit(
John
3:6).Cany ouseewhyy ourri
ghteousnessisalsogoi ngt obebygift
,itmustbean
i
nher i
tance, Godmustal soloveyoubecauseyoucamet hroughanot
herAdam.

TherewasanAdam whowasr esponsibl

eforwhateverhappenstoy ou,so
anot
herAdam mustbecr eatedtofindsoluti
onstoit.Thi
si swhatwear etr
yingto
communi catethatmanydonotunder st
and,wear enotspeaki
ngstr
angewear eonly
expl
ainingthesamebibl
einyourhand.Now, seewhattheBi
blesaysi
nv er
se18and19

19.
KJV:Therefor
easbyt heoff
enceofonej udgmentcameupon al
lmen to
condemnati
on;evensobytheri
ght
eousnessofonethefr
eegi
ftcameuponal
l
menuntojusti
fi
cati
onofl
if
e.

20.
KJV:Forasbyoneman' sdisobedi
encemanyweremadesinners,sobyt
he
obedi
enceofoneshal
lmanybemader i
ght
eous(
Romans5vs18-19)

Soi tisnoty ourr ighteousnesst hatmakesy our ighteous, i

tist her ight eousnessofone
man,andoncey oubel ievei nt hatmany our eceivet hegi ftofr ight eousness( Rom
10:10) .Andt hisgi f tofr ighteousnesspr oducesaj oyi ny ouandt hatj oypr oduces
strengt htol ivear i
ghteousl i
fei ny ou.Sohol i
nesspr eacher sr elax,wegr acepr eacher s
aret heonet hathav ethesol ut i
on.Comeandsi tdownl etust eachy ou, dr opy ourpr i
de,
youknowt hatyouar est ruggl ing,y ouknowhowy ouar edoi ngandf eelingcondemned
everydaybef orey ousl eep, youhowy ouhav et riedt omai ntaint hewayy out alkt hinking
i
tisbecausey out alktoomucht hatmakesy out osi n,andy oudi scov ert hatt hedayy ou
madeupofy ourmi ndnott ot al ktomucht hati sthedayy ou'llt alkt oomuch.Yout hink
eatingt oomuchi sasi nandwantt odi scipliney ourself,y ouknowhowt hatdi sci pl
ine
l
eadst ogluttony ,andy ouendupl ustingaf t erf oodany how.Humbl ey our self,wehav e
thesol uti
on;r evelationoft hef i
nishedwor ksofChr isti st hesol utiont ot hef ini
shed
wor ksoft hedev ilov ery ourl i
fe.Youcannev err eceivet hest rengt ht ol i
v eabov esi ni f
youhav enoty etbeeni nt r
oducedi ntot heright eousnessofChr istt hatcomesasagi ft.
Thei ssueofl aw andr i
ght eousnessi sl i
ket ellingacr ippledmant obewal king.You
don'tt ellacr i
ppledmant owal k,gi vehi m st rengt h;hewi llwal kbyhi msel fwi thoutany
onet el l
inghi m.Andt hati sgr ace, Idon' tneedt obet ell
ingy out hatf orni cationi sasi n,
therear edi mensi onsofr ev elat i
onofChr i
stt hatIwi llcommuni cat et oy ouandmake
yougr owt omat urit
yandasy ougr ow, f
or ni
cat i
onwi ll
leav ey ou.

I
ntheKingdom wedon'
tleavesin,si
nistheonet hatl
eavesus,al
lweareaft
er
i
nt hekingdom i
snotholi
nessorrighteousnessbutgrowth.Becauseasyougrow i
n
knowledgeofChri
st,
wrongandchil
dishthi
ngsnatur
all
yleaveyou.Buti
fyougr
owinthe
knowledgeoft hel aw,y oukeepont rying,st r
uggl i
ng,st rivi
ngt oleavesi n.Justasi t
happensi nt henat ural
, al
soi nt hespi ri
tual .Whatnat ural fatherisexpect ingf rom ababy
i
sgr owt h.Heknowst hatgr owt hi swhatdet ermineshi sr ightbehav ior,par entdoesnot
fl
ogchi ldfordoi ngwr ongt hings,andt heyonl yflogachi ldf r
om doi ngt hewr ongt hing
whenhei smat uremor et hant hatt hing.Youcan' tflogy our5- mont hsol dbabyf or
uri
natingathomeov ernight;y ouonl yf loghi mi fhedoest hatatage10.Buti fhedoes
thatsamet hingatage20,y oudon' tf l
ogheragai n,youbegi nt oseekf orext ernalhel p,
becauseatt hisstagey ouknow i ti snol ongeror dinary .Itisnol ongerasi n,i thas
becomeweakness.Tosomeangeri snotasi n,itisaweakness.Samet ospi ri
tual
real
m,wheny ouar eababy ,yoursi nsar ef orgi
v en( 1John2: 12),becauseGodi snot
evenexpect i
nganygoodt hingf rom y ouatt hatt i
me.Anygoodt hingy oubegi nt odo
wheny ouimmedi atelybecomebor nagai nisnotf r
om abov et heyar esel fhol i
nesst hat
i
swhyy ouendupl osingt hem.Becauset houghhol inesswi llcome,wheny oubegi nt o
comet otheendofy ourself,atthi sst agepeopl emayt hinky ouhav ebacksl ided, no, God
i
sonl ydeliveringyouf rom sel fhol inesst oGodhol i
nesst hatcomesbygr ace( Eph2: 8-9).
Soasy ougr owi nmat urit
y ,therear esomel i
feGodnol ongerexpect sf rom y ouagai n,
i
fy oudot hem,Hechast i
sesy ou,becauseHechast i
seswhom hel oves( Heb12: 6) .
Butasy ougr owi nmat uri
tyabov et hest agey ouar esupposedt oli
v ethatsi nfulact ,if
youstillpersistasachi ldof20y earsur inatingathome, Godwi llnolongerchast i
sey ou
again,becauseatt hatst agey ourwr ongi snol ongercount edassi ninheav en,i tis
countedasweakness.I tist het hingsy oudon' twantt odot haty ouf i
ndy oursel fdoi ng
(Rom 7: 15,
19) .Thati swhyt osomemast urbati
oni sasi n,whi l
et osomemast ur bation
i
saweakness.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies6)
KJV:Forasbyoneman' sdisobedi
encemanyweremadesinner
s,sobyt
he
obedi
enceofoneshal
lmanybemader i
ght
eous.(
Romans5:
17)

Ibel
ieveithasbecomecl earbyt
hisbi
bleversenowt hati
ti snotyourobediencethat
makesy ouri
ghteous.Youareonl
ymaderight
eousbyy ourfait
hintheobedienceofone
man( Jesus)
.Onemancameandkeptt helaw, i
fyoucanbelievei
ntheonethatcamet o
keepthelaw,theri
ghteousoft
helawwi
llbemani f
est
edi ny
ou.SeeRomans8v s.4

KJV:Thatther
ighteousnessoft
hel
awmi
ghtbef
ulf
il
ledi
nus,
whowal
knotaf
ter
thef
lesh,
butaftertheSpir
it
.

Walkingafterthef l
eshint hi
scont extmeanst owalkaccordingtoselfef
fortorsel
f
energy,
whi l
ewal kingafterthespi
ritmeanst owalkbytheenergyofthespi
ri
t.I
twasmy
encounterwithGr eektranslati
onthatmademet ogetthefullcont
entofthewalki
ngin
fl
eshandi nspiri
taccordi ngtothi
scont extofRomans8:4.

Fl eshi susedi nterchangeabl ymost lyint hescr i

ptureofwhi chuntilyoust udyt he
originalmanuscr i
pt ,y oumaymi sint erpretedKi ngJamesVer sion.Fori nstance,f lesh
canmeansel ft hati snotconsi deringot hers,whi chmeansy ourownal one.Fl eshcan
alsomeanusi ngy ourhumanknowl edgeal one;r elyony ourownunder standing.Fl esh
canal someanl ustf uldesiree. gsexualdesi re.I
tcanal someanwr ongmot i
vef orright
thing( car nality
).Ital someanshumanbodyt hati sfleshandbl ood.Thati swhyunt i
ly ou
studyt heGr eekt oseet heor i
ginalmeani ngy oumaynotunder standwhatapar ti
cul ar
cont enti ssay i
ngwheny ouseewal kingi nt hef l
esh.Cany ouseet hatwecannotaf for d
tobei gnor ancei nt hisgener at
ionbecauset heKi ngJamesv ersionwear eusedt owas
translat ed wi thoutf ull
ycapt ure,some oft he exal tstat
ement sfrom t he or i
gi nal
manuscr iptmeansmaket hem t ousesomechoi ceofwor dt hati snearesti nmeani ng
tot hewor dt heywer etryingt opassacr oss.Andt herear emanywor dst heycoul dnot
givedi f ferentEngl isht ot hen,basedont hei rl
ev elofunder standingandeducat ional
civil
izationasatt hatt i
me.Nott hatt heydon' tknow whatt heGr eekv ersionissay ing,
butt heydon' tknowt herightEngl ishorLat i
nt ouset oexplai
naccur atel
yi nli
newi tht he
cont ent .Thati swhyy ouwi lldoy our selfgreathar mi fyoujustpi ckascr iptureinlet ter
andbui lddoct r
ineont hem.

Iam justlaughi
ngattheignoranceoft hoseprotest
ingagainstf emalecorpers
weari
ngtrouser
s,usingascri
ptur
ei nDeut eronomytobackt hem up.Dot heyreadt he
Bibl
eatall,whycan'tt
heygobey ondki ngJamesv ersi
ont omaker esearchfr
om t he
Hebrewtr
anslati
on,youwil
lbeshockedt odiscoverthatscri
ptur
ewassay i
ngdif
ferent
thi
ngenti
rely
.Cany ouseehowdanger ousl awcankill?Andy ouwillseesomewhowi l
l
refuset ogot oNYSCbecauseoft his,whatabouti fiti
st hatsamecer t
if
icatethatGod
willuset ochannely ourdesti
nytoi tsdestinati
on,whatabouti fyouar et hefutur
e
federalgov ernmentmi ni
sterofeducation.Doy outhinktheKi ngdom ofChristi
sabout
churchpr ogram alone?Ev enthe Mosest hatbroughtt helaw wasnotabl etomake
heav enbyt helaw,him andalltheprophetsoft helawal lwaitedfort
hebl oodtomake
them right
eousbef oreGod, whydoy out hi
nky oucanmakeheav enbykeepingt hel
aw.
Someonewhobr oughtthelaw fai
ledthel aw andy outhinky ouwhor eceivedthelaw
canpassi t.Thegi v
erfail
edandy outhinkyout hereceiv
ercanpass.

IntheOl dTest ament,thosewi tht heirlawt hatcamef rom abov e,theysti

llhave
tokil
lanimal sthatcomef rom belowt oat t ainholinessandent erthehol yofholiesof
thetempl e.Thedayt helawl andedonear th3,000soul swer ekill
edthatdaywi ththe
tabl
etoft helaw (Exo32: 28).Whi l
et hedaygr acel andedonear th3,000soul swer e
savedont hedayofPent ecost( Acts2: 41) .Andy outhinkally ouneedi st heministr
y
thatbroughtdeathandl eavet hemi nistryt hatbr oughtlif
e.Youar easi nnerbeforethe
l
awcame, thepurposeoft helawi ssot haty oucanknowt haty ouar easinner,andthat
understandingiswhatwi l
lmakey out obeseeki ngf orGrace.Lawonl ycamet oshow
youy oursi nandoncehe' sdonet hat,thel awhasbeenf ulf
il
ledi nyou.Becauset hatis
theonlypur posewhyhecameasspi ri
tualent it
y.Butt onaturalentit
yhecamet omake
thesinnerinthewor ldtobei norder.

Ourcaseasbel i
eversbef orethel awcamei sli
kesomeonewhoi ssickofHI Vbut
didnotknow,andamedi calmachi newasbr oughtt odi agnosehi m andexposehi s
sickness,andoncey ouhav edi scoveredt haty ouhav eHI Vt hent hediagnosemachi ne
hasf ulfi
lleditswor k.Thati s,whati tmeanst ofulfi
l
lthel aw,f ul
fil
li
ngi snotobey i
ngi t
,
butknowi ngbyt helawt haty ouar easi nnerwhoneedshel p.Becausey oucan' tv alue
cureunt ilyouhav etastedlawandseet haty ouar esickandt heengi net ol
dy out hatt he
wagesoft hesicknessi sdeat h.Whatt hel awcamet oshowy ouisunr ighteousness, but
youf ai
lt oknowandbegi nt olookf orrighteousnessi nthel aw.Somydearbr ot
her ,You
areabor nsi nnersirwhowasmader ighteous,sot heki ngdom doesnotseey ouasa
ri
ghteousper sonbecausey ouobeyt hel awofGod,t heyseey ouasr i
ght eousbecause
youbel iev einwhom Godsentt oobeyt hel aw.Thi smaybet oosi mplet obel i
ev e,Ido
sayt hatt hegospeli snotwhati stoohar dt obel ieveitiswhati stoosi mpl etobel ieve.
Wel ikehar dthings,wewantt odosomet hing,thati sthepr obl
em oft hoseundert he
l
aw,butJesusi ssay i
ngy oudon' tneedt odoany thi
ngWhent heassoci at
ionofl aw
keeper scamet ohi mt oaskwhatt odot opl easeGod,l ookatwhatJesussai dJohn6
vs.28-29:

28.
KJV:Thensai
dtheyunt
ohi
m,whatshal
lwedo,
thatwemi
ghtwor
kthewor
ksof
God?
 29.
KJV:Jesusansweredandsai
dunt
othem,
thi
sist
hewor
kofGod,
thaty
ebel
i
eve
onhim whom hehathsent
.

Ally ouneedi st obel i

ev ewhom hehassent .I ti snott hatwear enotgoi ngt odo
any thing, butwear enotgoi ngt odoany thingbywal kingi nf lesht hatisint heener gyof
thef lesh.Al lwear esay i
ngi st hatr elaxl etgr acesponsor sy ourdoi ngthati swheni twil
l
l
ast ,wear enott eachi ngy out obespi ri
tual l
yl azy .I fIam l azy ,Ican' tbewr i
tingdai l
y,the
l
astt imeIsl eepi nmostcasesi s2am j ustt oensur eIst udyandwr iteandt y pe,and
wakeupby5: 30am,becauseIam notaf ul ltimepast or,Ist i
llinv olv
ei nasecul arjob.
Butwe know t hatno nat uralman wi t
h sel fener gycan do t hat,no mat tery our
det ermi nat i
on, youmayj ustcol l
apseatwor kingpl ace.ButIknowi tisbygr ace, because
meIl ikesl eepi ngl i
kemad,butseei ngmy sel fnotsl eepingt il
l2am ev eryday ,t ryi
ngt o
cookdai l
ydev ot ional ,Iknowi tisbygr ace.I twi llnowbecomei gnor anceandpr i
def or
met obet eachi ngt hatbef orey oucansucceedi nmi nistryy oumustbesl eepingonl yfor
3hour s.Andi fIwantt oki llthem t hemor ei ncondemnat ionIwi l
lnowsayt hatcanonl y
beachi ev ebyst rongdet ermi nat ion.Theywi llnowbel ookingatmeasonehol ybr other
whoi sobey ingGodandpay ingheav ysacr i
fice.Rel axy ourmi nd, i
fGodneedsy out obe
awakef oranassi gnmentatni ght ,heknowhowt odoi t,t
hati sgr acef ory ou, nomat ter
howy out akesl eepi ngt abl ety ouwi l
lnotsl eep.Wehav et ast edt hi sgrace;wear eonl y
notj ustspeaki ngf rom r ev elat i
on.Iwenti ntof ul ltimepast or i
ngwhenIbegant osense
study ingandwr itinggr acei nmyl i
f e,Ithoughti tiswhenIam f ulltimepast ort hatIwi l
l
beabl et of l
owi ngr acebecauseIwi llhav emucht ime,soiwant edt ogui det hegr ace.
Buty ouwi l
lnotbel iev et hatwhenIwasaf ullt imepast orIdi dnotf l
ow i ngr acel ike
whenIam pr esent lyapar tt imepast or.Idi dn' twr it
eondai lybasi sasaf ullti
mepast or
then, Ican' twr iteondai l
ybasi snott ot alkofwr itingt wiceev eryday .ButwhenIl eftful
l
ti
mepast ort ogot osecul arj obduet ohowIdi scov er edt hatIcan' tspeaksomecer t
ain
truthi fmyf i
nanci alhopei st i
edt oami ni stry ,soIl eftful ltimet obecomepar tt i
me
past or .Andasapar ttimepast orIbegant of lowmuchi ngr acebot hi nwr it
ingandi n
teachi ngext remel ymor et hanwhenIwasi nt of ul ltime.Mi ndy ou, Iam notcondemni ng
beenaf ulltimepast or,ther ear epeopl eGodcal ledi nt othat .Butf orme,nowasapar t
ti
mepast or ,Ibegant owr it
enotondai l
ybasi sal onebutt wiceaday ,andIam al so
wr i
tingdai lydev ot i
onalf oronemi nistr
y ,maki ngt hr eedai lydev otionalperday .WhenI
wasf ullt imepast orIcoul dnotwr iteupt o200wr i
t eupspery ear,butonl yin2019I
wr oteabov e700dai lydev ot ional ,asapar tt i
mepast or .Ther ewasat imeibegant oask
Godwhy ,thenIgotanunder standi nginspi ri
tt hati ti sgr aceofourLor dJesusChr i
st
releaseduponmanki nd.Iam notsay i
ngal l thi st oshowsel f,butI 'm say i
ngt hist oshow
grace.

Chr
ist
iani
tywil
lbesweetifwecanteachourmembersgr
ace.Don'
ttur
nyour
si
ncer
espiri
tual
sacr
if
icedonebygr
acet
orel
igi
ousforot
her
s.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies7)
Oneoft hedangersthatl awhasbr oughtust oistor ej
ectt hesimplici
tyofthe
Gospel.Wehav ebeenindoctri
nat edbyAfri
canPent ecostal
ism t hatanythingthatwants
tocomegr eatmustcomehar d.Sowhenwepr esentthesimpl icit
yoft hegospel ,t
hey
thinkwear ewat er
ingdownt hegospel.Jesussai dcomeunt omeal lyet hatare
l
abor edandar eheavyladen,andiwi l
lgivey our est(Mat t11: 28).Thoughtwehav e
transl
atedthi
st omeandi f
ferentmeani ngwhicht hereisnot hingbadi nit,somehav e
taughtthatthi
sheav yladenandbur denmeanst obechal l
engesofl if
e,somehav e
taughtiti
nthecourseofev angelizi
ngtomeangener ati
onalcurse.Butf r
om thecontent
thosethatJesuswasreferri
ngt oarethoseyokedbyt helawandt i
redofit,becauselaw
i
sbondage,i ti
say oke(Gal5:1) .SoJesusisref er
ringtothoset hatarewei gheddown
byt hedemandofl aw,thoset hatthePhari
seeshav eplacedheav yyokeofl aw upon
them andhesai dt
heyshouldcomeunt ohim.

Now t
hisi swhatcaughtmyat tent
ion,whenhebegantogivesoluti
ont othe
heav
yy okeandl aden,It
houghthewoul dsaycomel etmel
ayhandony ou,orcomelet
mespeaki nt
oy ourlif
eorhealyou.Buthegav et
hem onemyst
eryofget
ti
ngdeliver
ance
fr
om theyoke.Seei ti
nMatthew11: 29:

NIV:Takemyyokeupony ouand_ l
earnfr
om me,
_forIam gent
leandhumbl
ein
hear
t,andy
ouwil
lfi
ndrestforyoursoul
s.

Cany ouseet hemy ster

yofdel i
v erancef rom t hey okeoft helaw, hesaidlearnfrom me.
Whichmeans" theknowl edgeofChr i
sti swhatwi l
ldeliveryouf rom they okethatt he
knowledgeoft helawhasputy oui nto."Cany ouseeourassi gnmenti nthisgener ati
on?
Thatist olearnf r
om Chr i
st,thati st ot eachChr istasat eacherandl earnChr istas
studentoftheschooloft heSpi r
it.Jesussai di fyoul earnfrom mey ouwi l
lfi
ndr estf or
yoursel
f,thatispeaceandr estishi ddeni ntheknowl edgeofChr istJesus.AndJesus
saidIam gent leandhumbl e,theper sonalityJesuswasusi ngher eisnotsay ingy ou
shouldlearnhumi li
tyfrom him accr odingt ot hiscont entt houghwemustl ear nt hat
fr
om him,butt hatitisnotthemessagei nt hiscont ext.Whathemeanther eist hatmy
messagei sgentle,Iam awor d,whaty oul earnf r
om mecomet oyouingentleform, and
icommuni cateittoyouinhumbl ef orm.Noti nanger ,notinpr ide,
notinfear.

Thewor dgentleisfrom t
heGreekwor df r
iendlythatisgr ace,theyarewor dof
truthmixedwi thgrace,becausetheki
ndnessofGodt hatworket htruerepentance.You
thinkrepentanceisbyt hr
eateni
ngpeoplewithhell
, t
heywi l
lcomeoutf oralt
arcallaft
er
preachinghelltothem becausey ouhaveplayedont hei
remot ion,butseet hem again
afterfour(4)weeks,whybecausey oudon'tshowt hem theKi ndnessofGod.Idosay
thatgospeli snotwhati st oohardtobeli
eve,itiswhati stoosi mpletobel i
eve.I
tis
whent ruthi snotmi xedwi thgr acet hatiscal ledbi ttert ruth,butoncey oumi xedi twith
gracei tbecomessugar , sot ruthissugar .Itisnotonl ytrutht hatcomesf rom Jesusand
i
tisnotonl ygracet hatcomesf r
om Jesus, thebi blesaygr aceandt ruthcomest hrough
Jesus( John1: 17) .Tobet eachi ngt ruthini sol ationi scal ledl aw,whi l
et obet eachi ng
gracei ni solati
oni scal ledhy pergr ace.Butwhengr acei st houghtpr operlyitpr oduces
bothi nwar dandout war dhol iness,andr ighteousness.Whent heyseey out heyseea
mor alChr isti
an lif
ei ny ourbehav i
or,y ourdr essi ng becomesdecentnotr eligious
dressingandnotwor l
dlydr essing.WhenIseeal adyi nar eli
giousdr essi ngiseea
ferventi nspi ri
tper son whoencount eredt ruthi ni solat ion,whi l
ei fIseeaChr i
stian
whodr esseswor l
dl yy etf erventi nspi ri
t,iseeanot herf er ventladywhoencount ered
gracewi thoutencount er i
ngt het r
uth.Becausei fy ouseesomel adi esandguy sf rom
afary oumayt hi
nkt heyar enotbor nagai n,butwheny oumov ecl osert ot hem,y ou
know t heseset sar el oadedandcar r
yingf ireev enmor et hant hosewhoar edr essing
rel
igiousl y,kudost oChr i
stEmbassayandWi nner smember sint hisdi mensi on.But
wheny ouencount ert hegr aceandt r
ut hy ouwi llnotgoext remei nt hebot hsi de,y ou
staybal ance.Ther ear egodl yt r
ouser sforl adi es.Ther ei sawayy ouputy ourear rings
andat t
achmentt hatmakesy oul ookdecentandgoodl ooki ng.Ther ear eev ensome
l
adi est rouserst hatar egodl i
ert hansomedemoni cski rts.Sowher eam Igoi ng?The
messaget hatthel awi spassi ngacr ossi snotouri ssue, buti tisar awf oodt hatcanki l
l
.
Iti
sl i
kegi venar awy am t opeopl et obeeat ing, wi thoutpeel i
ngt heback, cutandcook.
Butt rutht ookt hesamer aw y am (law)peel edi t,cuti t,cookedi t
,addmaggiandsal t
(grace)t omakei tsweetoncei tisdone,hest artedf eedi ngy ougr adually,y oust arted
eatingitl i
ttlebylit
tle,unt ilyouconsumeal l
.

Thesamebi t
tery am becomessweety am.Cany ouseel aw v er
set ruthand
grace.Ihearsomesay ingy ouhav etobal ancegr aceandl aw;nosi rthatiserror,what
youbal ancei sGr aceandTr ut
h.Balancingl awwi thgracei slikecooki ngapeel edy am
withunpeel edoneandbeaddi ngmaggiandsal t.Peelt hel awf i
rst,cutit,cooki tand
poundi tt heni tbecomest rut
h,andl ookf oronegoodv eget abl
esouporokr osoup
(grace)andenj oyy ourmeal .Thepoundedy am i st hetruth, itisapr oductf rom thel aw,
whyt hev egetabl esoupi sapr oductfrom thef inishedwor kofChr istandHol ySpirit
.So
oncet heymi xi tt ogethery oubegi ntoenj oyy ourf ood.Thati swhatwear etryingt o
i
ntroducet hatmanywhoar eusedt oeat i
ngr awy am begi nt ochal lengeust hatwear e
preachingher esy .Rawy am isforanimals,justasl awisf ort hosewhoar enoti nChr ist
,
andJesusr eferredt ot hem asdogandpi g,andi ntheki ngdom wedon' tgivethef ood
thatbelongt osont odog,thati swhynounbel ievercant astet hegr acedi mensi onsof
spiri
tualblessi ng.Sowhyeat i
ngr aw yam ( law)wheny ouar enotamongt hespi ri
tual
animals( unbel ievers).Thecookf oodi sf ort heson.Dr opy ourr eli
giondoct ri
ne,and
tasteandseef ort heLor dissweetandgr eat( Psal m 34:8) .
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies8)
Someoneaskedmet hatwhydoy oufi
ndfaul
tinthelaw,Isai
dbecauseIhave
t
heeyesofGod,becauseifGodcouldf
indfaul
tinit
,youwil
lalsodosoifyouseethe
l
awthewayGodseesit.SeewhattheBi
blesaysi
nthebookofHebrew8verse8:

NIV:ButGod f ound f
aul
twi t
hthepeopl
eand said:“Thedaysarecomi ng,
declarest
heLord,whenIwil
lmakeanewcovenantwit
hthepeopl
eofI
sraeland
withthepeopl
eofJudah.

Andt heassi gnmentoft henewcov enantisthati twi l

lnotmakeGodt ofindf aultwith
people.Thef irstlawbegant omakeGodt ofi
ndf aultwit
hpeopl e,beforethel awt here
wassi n,butsinwasnotcount edassi nbecauset herewasnol awt oshowi t.Sosinwas
noti mputedunt ot hem then,Abr aham liedandGoddi dnotsayany thingabouti t,God
pretendedasi fhedi dnotseei t
.Ev enGodst il
ldeliveredhiswifeaf t
erthatl
ie, i
nsteadof
Godt ost r
ikehi m down.ThesameGodst il
lstrokemendownwhenl awcame.I tl ooks
asi fl
awnowmadeGodt obegint ohatemen.Godbegant ofindf aul
tinmen.Youknow
wheny ouhat eachi l
dorsomeone; thereisnothingt hechil
dwi lldothatwillpleasey ou.
Icannotf orgetapl aceIwentt ost ayafterthedeat hofmydad,t her
ei snothinggoodI
willdot othismyuncl e'
swi f
ebecauseshej usthadper sonalhatredforme.SeewhatI
am t r
yingtosay ;Romans4: 15

KJV:Because t
he l
aw wor
ket
h wr
ath:f
orwher
e no l
aw i
s,t
her
eis no
tr
ansgr
essi
on.

Cany ouseethelawinacti
on,t
hebibl
esaysitwor
kethwrat
h,i
tmakesGodt ohat
eyou,
themor eyoutrytopleasehi
mt hemor eHehatesyouthemore.Sot heonl
ywayt o
remov et
heangerofGoduponmani storemovehisl
aw uponman,cany ouseethe
reasonwhyPaulsaidwear enolongerundert
helaw(Rom 6:
14)
,becausetobeunder
thelawistobeunderthewrat
h.

Now,whatdidGoddowhenhewant edtoestabli
shhisuncondit
ionallove?See
t
herestofthebibl
everse.Hesaidwhent hereisnolawt her
eisnotransgression.That
i
s,Iwil
lnotcountyourerrorassi
n,becauset hel
awt hataccusedyouofsi nhadbeen
t
akenaway.ThisiswhatDav i
dsawaheadandshout edthat

KJV:
Blessedi
sthemant
owhom t
heLor
dwi
l
lnoti
mput
esi
n.Romans4:
8

Cany ouseethecovenantIoper
atewith,Idon'tworkwit
ht heconsci
ousnessofsin,
becausebl
essedisthemanwhom t heLordwi l
lnotcounthissi
nagainsthi
m.Mysi n
doesnotstophimfrom bl
essi
ngme,Ipayt it
heornotIam underopenheav ens,Iam
coveredwit
htheblood,nodevourercantouchmyf i
nance,undertheoldtest
ament
whendev
our ersawt i
ther
sitpassedov
er,
butundert
henewt
est
amentwhendev
our
er
seest
heblood,itpassesover.

IntheOl dTest ament ,t

heyov er camehi m byt hewor ksoft heirrighteousness,but
now weov ercomehi m byt hebl oodoft hel amb( Rev12: 11) .Past orBanj o,now what
mustwenowobey ,whymustwenowl i
v erighteous?I fyousayi tdoesnotdet ermi ne
God'sblessing.Don' tgetmewr ongooo, Iam nott heonet hatsai dsoooo, i
tisGodt hat
promisedust hat,Seei t:Andt wo, weobeybecausei tisourobl i
gat i
on, notbecausei tis
ameanst osal vationorameanst or eceivebl essi ngf r
om God.Weobey ,because
obediencei saf ruitoft henew nat urewecar ry
,t herei saspi r
itcal l
edt hespi r
itof
disobedience,t hatwor ksi nt hechi ldren ofdar kness,so al so t her ei sa spi r
itof
obedience thatwor kethi nt he life ofsons.I ft here can be a spi ri
tsponsor ing
disobedience,doy out hinkGodwi l
lnotr el
easeaspi ri
ttosponsormant oobey .Dev i
l
didnotonl ytellamant odisobeybymer ewor ds,t herear ef orcesf r
om t hepitofhel l
thatsponsorsuch wor dt hatmake y ou t of ind i thar dt or esistmast urbati
on or
forni
cation,andy out hinkGodi sawi ckedGodt hatwi l
lnow leav ey oual oneaty our
effor
ttoobeyorcomeoutofunr i
gt eousness.Gett his,wher ef or cestosi nabound,
muchmor egr acet oobeyandl iver ight eouslyaboundmor e(Rom 5: 20),don'tpoi nt
peopletot hesint hatabound, pointthem t ot hegracet hataboundmuchmor e.Sorelax,
Godhascomedownt ohel pus, devilisnotont hewi nningsi de,itwi l
lshocky ouonl ast
dayt oseemul tit
udei nheav en.Thebl oodofJesuscannotbei nv ain.Lookatt hose
Johnsai dhesawi nheav eninthebookofRev elation7: 9:

KJV:Aft
erthi
sIbehel
d,and,l
o,agreatmul
tit
ude,whichnomancouldnumber ,
of
al
lnati
ons,andki
ndreds,andpeopl
e,andtongues,stoodbefor
ethethr
one,and
bef
oretheLamb,cl
othedwithwhit
erobes,
andpalmsi nthei
rhands;

Hesai dt hosepeoplewhomakeheav enwer emucht oast agethatnomanwi t

ht heir
technologycancountt hem,hesai df r
om allnati
onsincludingNigeria,cl
othwi thwhi te
robes.Thel aststat
ementmakemet oknowt hattheyar ethosewhohav eheav en,he
saidtheywer ecl
othedwithwhiter obes,notstai
nedr obes,butpur ewhi t
er obes.And
someonewi l
lcl
aim hediedandonl ysaw twopeopl einheav enandt heresti nhel l,I
needt oseeal lt
hispeopl
edy i
ngandcomi ngbackf r
om heav en,Ifeelli
kefloggingt hem
witht wo st r
okes ofgrace each,because t heirrevel
at i
on ist oo chi
ldish fort his
generation.Helpmet oshow t hem t hi
sdimensionofGodt hatwhenGodwant edt o
remov esinofmanawayf rom hi
ssi ght,whathedidwast hatheremov edlaw,because
wheret hereisnolawthereisnor ecordofsininheaven.Becausei tiswhenl awent ered
thatoffenceabound.Seev er
se20ofRomans5

KJV:
Mor
eov
ert
hel
awent
ered,
thatt
heof
fencemi
ghtabound.

Manyt
hinkt
hatwher
ether
eisl
aw,t
her
eishol
i
ness,butIt
elly
out
oday
,accor
dingt
o
scri
pturet hatwher elaw abound,si naboundmor e.I fGodgi vesy out hev i
deot apeof
thesecr etl i
feoft hesocal l
edhol i
nesspr eacher sandf ollower s,y ouwi l
lknow t hat
wherel awabound,si naboundmuchmor e.Theymayappeart obehol y ,butIwi shGod
opensy ourey esy ouwi l
lseemuchi niquityaboundi ngint hei rlives.Fr om af ary ouwi l
l
thi
nkt heyar ehol y ,buty ouneedt omov ecl oserandseet heunexpect edsi namong
them,mal i
ceofanyki nd,f ullmani f
est ati
onofangerandi nconsi derateat tit
ude.Iam
onceaf ul
lt imepast oramongt hem,Iknow whatIam say ing.WhenIj oinedt hei r
missionasay oungf ull t
imepast or,Iaskedmy self,i
st hi
sChr istianit
y ?Scr i
ptur ecannot
belying,wher el awabound,si naboundsmuchmor e.Tomanyt heyt hinkwher egr ace
abound,si naboundmuchmor eI tiswher esi naboundt hatgr aceaboundmuchmor e,
notopposi te.Whatgr acecamet odoi st oexposewhaty ouhav ebeendoi ngsecr etly,
becausey oucan' thi dey oursi nandpr osperi nov ercomi ngt hatsin( Pr ov28: 13) .We
undergr acef indi teasyt ocomeoutandconf esswhenwef allint oerror, becauseIhav e
neverforoncepr esent edmy selfasanangelbef orey ou,soi fImakemi st akes, Iwi l
lnot
beashamedabouti t
.Butf orthem,t heywi llbedy i
ngi nmast ur bati
on,butbecl aimi ng
holyinpubl ic.Butt hisi st hegoodnews,gr acedi dn'texposey out oleav ey oual one,i t
camet oexposey ou,hel py ouandbegi ntousey ou.Butl aw hi desy out oki llyou.Let
grace begi ns i t
s wor kand t he law wi l
lnow begi nt o mar velatt he l ev eloft he
manifest at
ionofgr acei ny ourl i
fe.Whatt heyf astedandf ast edt oget , l
ivemor ehol yt o
getit
,y etcannotcastoutsi ngledemon.Butt heywi llseewei ngr aceandundergr ace
manifest i
ngt het ruegr aceofGod.Dev il hi
msel fknowst hathecan' tluremei ntosi nj ust
tostopt hef lowofmygr ace, becausewhatIdi dnotr eceivebyobedi ence, Ican' tlosei t
bydisobedi ence.Someonewi l
lsaybutcanwecont inueinsi nt hatgr acemayabound
(Rom 6: 1)?Thef actt haty ouhav egr acei sasi gnt haty oucannotcont inuei nsi n.
Becausegr acei st hecur et osin,thatyousi n,isapur esignt hatadi mensi onofgr acei s
missingi ny ourlifecal ledsuper naturalabi l
itytodowhaty oucannotdoi ntheener gyof
thefl
eshorsel fwi l
l.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies9)
KJV:Forthi
sisthecovenantt
hatIwil
lmakewi t
hthehouseofI
sraelaft
erthose
days,sai
ththeLord;Iwil
lputmylawsi nt
otheirmind,andwr
it
et hem inthei
r
heart
s:andIwil
lbetothem aGod,andtheyshal
lbetomeapeopl e.(
Hebrews8
vs10).

Iwanty
out ol
ookatt
hisbi
blev
erset
oseet
hepur
edi
ff
erencebet
weent
heol
dandt
he
NewTestament
.

IntheOl dTest ament , Godputt hel awi nt heirhands, whi leint heNewTest ament
Godputt hel awi nt heirhear ts.Cany ouseet hatt hepr oblem Godhadwi tht hel awi s
probl em ofl ocat ionoft helaw, onceGodseesl awi ny ourhandy oubecomehi senemy ,
whi l
eonceheseesi ti ny ourhear t
,y oubecomehi sf avor i
te,y oubecomehi scov enant
child.Andi nor derf ort hel awt ochangeposi tion,t hel awhast obecomef leshf irstto
dieont hecr oss, whaty ouseeont hecr ossi st hel aw, i
twast hel awt hatwasbur i
ed, he
wasbor nast hewor d, anddi edast hewor d, butwhenher esur rect ed, her esur rect edas
aspi r
itandl ife,andf irstpr esent edhi msel ftoGodandcamebackagai nont hedayof
Pent ecostasaspi ritandl i
fe( Act s2) .Sot hel awy oupossessi scal l
edChr ist .Hei sa
l
ivingl aw,hei saspi ritandl ife;wi t
houtt hel et t
ersy oucannowbynat uredowhati s
wr i
tteni nt hel aw orl etter.Younol ongerneedanyonet ot eachy out hel aw agai n,
becauset her eisnot hingt hel awi ssay i
ngt hatt heet er nal l
if
ei ny ouwi llnotmani festas
youar egr owi ng.Nott haty ouwi llstar tlivingal lther ight eousdemandbyt hel awonce
yougi vey ourl i
fet oChr i
st,butt heseedt ol iveal lt
her i
ght eousnessoft hel awi sal ready
i
ny ou ( 1 John 3: 9),so as y ou gr ow i tbegi ns t o mani f est.Al ly ou need i s not
deter mi nation, notsel fcont rolt ol ivehol y, ally ouneedi st ogr ow, asy ougr ow, thef ruit
begi nst or ev eal.Whent hechur chofCor i
nt hianswasmi sbehav inginunr i
ght eousness,
Pauldi dnotcal lt hem si nner sorunbel iev ers, buthecal l
edt hem babi es( 1Cor in3) ,he
didnotsayt heyar enotbor nagai n,y oucanbebor nagai nandst il
lf ornicat e,why
becausey ouar ebabyorspi ritual l
ycr i
ppl e.Butasy ougr ow i ngr aceandi nt he
knowl edgeofChr ist( 2Pet er1: 2) ,thenat ur eofChr i
stbegi nst omani festi ny ou.That
i
swhywhati si ny oui saspi ri
tandl i
fe;i thast hecapabi li
tyt ogr ow( life)andcapabi l
ity
tobest r
ong( spi rit).Becausegr owt hi st ol ife,whi lepower( str
engt h)i st ospi ri
t.
Ther efor ebef oret hel awcoul dbecomespi ritandl i
fe,itmustchangeposi ti
on.Law i s
notmeantt obewr itt
endowni napaperwi t
hi nk,itismeantt obewr i
tteni nt het able
ofourhear t
s( Heb8: 10) .Idosayt hatbi blei snott heor i
ginalpl ant hatGodi nt endedt o
uset ocommuni cat et ous.God' spl ani sbi bl eshoul donl ybeabookt hatcont ains
Kingdom hi st oricalf act sandev entsf ormemor i
alsake.Pauldi dnotknow Chr istby
bible,PaulknewChr i
stbyr evel at i
on( Act s9: 3-5),andr evelat iondoesnotnecessar il
y
comef rom whati swr itten.Sobook( Bi ble)begant obecomet hewor dofGodwhent he
Isr
ael i
tesf ailedt oacceptt hecomi ngdownofGodt ospeakt othem.God' splanf or
Israeli
t eswast hewayhedeal twi t
ht heAdam i ntheGar denofEden( Exo20: 18-21),he
want edt obecomi ngdownanyt i
met ospendqual ityt i
mewi ththem.Butwhent hey
rej
ect edgr ace,Mosesbegant obeani ntermedi aryaccor dingt otheirwi l
l,andwhen
Moseswasi nvi
tedt ot hemount aint hef i
rstt hi
ngGoddi dwast obegi nt owr i
te.God
thatspokebymout hnow becameGodt hatspokebypen.Hi sinit
ialplanwasnott o
speakt hroughmant oy ou,butt ospeakt hroughhi msel ftoy ou.God' splani ntheNew
Test amenti sthatscr i
ptur ebecomesabookt hatconf i
rmswhaty ouknow, notthaty ou
knowbyt hescr ipture.Ther ei sast rangespi r
itcalledanoi nti
ngwhohasbeenanoi nted
tot eachy oual lthings( 1stJohn2: 27).Thati swhyt hel awcameagai nandent erint o
yourhear t,andt oachi evet hisitmustf i
rstbecomeaspi ri
torl i
fe,t
heonl ythingthatcan
possessahear tisspirit
, i
ft hewor ddi dnotbecomeaspi r
ititcanonl ystayiny ourhand
andhead, andt hewor dofGodi nyourhandi scalledl etterandi tkil
leth,whil
et heonei n
yourhear tiscalledspi ri
tandt hatiswhatgi vethl i
fe( 2Cor in3v s6).Ifthebiblesay slaw
orl etterki l
leth,nomat terhow y out r
yt oobeyi t,itwi llst i
l
lkill
.Whymusty oube
i
ntr oducingmet ol aworl etter
s, doy ouwantt okillme?Ineedt orunawayf r
om some
peopl e,becauset heyar ehol dingapoi sont hatcanki llmysoul ,theycal litholiness
message,butnotknowi ngt hatwhatt heyhol di samessaget hatki ll
st hegi ftof
holinessi nus.WhatIneedi sli
f eandl i
fei nabundant ,andl awcannotgi veme,sowhy
musti keepi t?

Doy ouknowt hepr oblem ofpeopl e?theywanthumanpr aise,lawcangi vey ou

publichumanpr aiseeeee,y ouseet hem say i
ngt hatisthehol inesspr eacher ,andy ou
will
bewal kinglikeangelformi nghumili
tywi t
hawor dli
keGodbl essy ou,Godbl essy ou.
Andt heyseeusasendt imepr eacher ,ilaughi nGr eek.Gett hi
sf act ,wegr ace
preacher sar etheonet hathol damessage t hatpr oducest hegiftofet ernall i
fe,what
weneedt ogaini ny ouist oseey ougr owingi nthespi ri
tandnotgr owingi nr eli
gion.
Wewantt oseey ourootedandnotr atedwi t
houtbei ngr ooted( Eph3: 17) .Wewant
peoplet obegr oundedandnotgui ded,t obegui dedwi t
houtbei nggr oundedi swhat
l
eadst opeopl eseeki ngpr ophetaboutov erani ssuet hathadbeenset t
ledi nChr i
st
Jesus.Thati swhywear eintroduci
ngy out oamessaget hatgivesl i
fe,iti
st hemessage
ofChr ist,y
oucannotbet rulyholyinstudy i
ngholiness,youonl ybecomehol yi nst udying
Christ( Matt11:29).
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies10)
Onet hingIhav eobser vedinmanypr eachersist hatwedon' tknow whatt o
preachthatpr oducest heresultwewanti nl i
newi t
htheki ngdom.Att i
mes,whatmany
preachisnott hepr obl
em,thet opi
ci sgood,butt hemodeofcommuni cat ingi tiswhat
i
snoti nlinewi t
ht henewcov enantwayoft eaching.Fori nstance, manyt hinky ouneed
topreachongi vi
ngbyt el
li
ngt hem theconsequencesandbenef i
tst othei rlivesbefore
peoplewi l
lgive,No!Thebenef itofgivi
ngshoul dnotbewhati spr ompt ingy out ogive.
Fearofdev ourersorbenef itofopenheav enisnotwhatshoul ddet ermi ney ouracti
ons,
sothaty ouwillnotbewear yindoinggoodwhent hebenef it
spr omi sedbyy ourpastor s
tarr
yordonotcomeont hisear t
h.Thespi r
itofr el
igi
oni saspi ritthatf ocusesonsel f
rewardbef or
edoi ngwel l
.LookatwhatmakesGodt ogiv eandl ety ourt eachi ngbei n
l
inewi t
hi t
.Thebi blesays,ForGodsol ovedthewor ldthatHegav ehi sonl ybegotten
son( John3: 16) .SowhatmadeGodt ogivei snotbecauseHel ov edgi vi
ng,itis
becausehel ovedt hewor l
d.Ihearsomesay i
ngy ouneedt ol ovegi v i
ng,i fy oulove
givi
ng,youonl ylov egiv
ingbecauseoft herewar dat t
achedt oyourgi ving.

I
nt hekingdom,wedon' tgi
vebecausewel ovegi v
ing,wegi vebecausewel ove
whom wear egivi
ngtoort hewor kwear egi vi
ngt osuppor t.Iti
sthel oveofGodf orthe
wor l
dt hatmadeGodt ogi ve.Samet oy ou,t eachonl ovef orournei ghbors( 1John
2:10),letmenseet hereasonwhyt heyneedt ol ovetheirneighbors,letthem seet hat
theirneighborsisat empleofGod,y oucanpayy ourofferi
ngt othatTempl e,y oucan
payy ourf ir
stfrui
tt othatki ndoft emple,y oucangi v
et hanksgiv enof f
eringt othat
templ e,becauset herealhouseofGodi snotmadebyman,hi shousei sthebodyof
yournei ghbors.Letthem knowt hatthei
rnei ghbor sarehandi workofGod, humanbei ng
i
st hemai nwor kofGod, togi vetoyournei ghbor sistogivet othewor kofGod, andyour
neighbori stheongoi ngpr ojectofGod'swor k.What every oudot oy ournei ghborsis
whaty oudot oChr i
st,i
fy ousayy ourneighbori smady ouonl ysay i
ngJesusi smad.
Lookatwhatt heJesussai di nMat t
hew25: 45:

1.KJV:Thenshal
lheanswert
hem,say
ing,
veri
lyIsayunt
oyou,
Inasmuchasy
edi
d
i
tnottooneofthel
eastoft
hese,
yedidi
tnottome.

Sowhenamanl oveshisneighbors,hewillnatural
lygi
v e.Whatshouldpromptgi vi
ngi s
notthel oveofgi v
ing,ortheloveoft hebenef itofgi
ving,buttheloveofwhaty ouar e
givi
ngt o.Letthem seet hebenefitoftheirti
thingtothechurchandnott othemsel v
es
thatiswhyt hemessageoft i
theislookinglikeascam t ousint hegenerat
ion,because
i
twaswr ongl
ycommuni cat
ed.Theper sonr eceivi
ngiswhom y oushouldlove,notthe
rewardy ouarereceivi
ng.Thepur poseofgi vingiswhaty oushouldlove,
nott hebenefit
ofgiving.Sothaty ouwillbeablet osayl i
keMechack,Shedr ackandAbedni got hatif
event houghGoddi dnotsav eus, wewi l
lsti
llnotbow( Daniel3:
18).
 IntheNew Test ament ,you don' tattach a parti
cularrewar dt o a particular
obedience,nott hatGodwi llnotrewar dy ourl
abourofl ove,butheknowst heparticular
blessi
ngt oreleaset oy ou.Becausey oucanactr i
ghteouslyandt herewar dcanf oll
ow,
whileanothercanactr ighteously,andmocker yandper secuti
onmayf oll
ow onEar th.
Don'tsayy ouhav enev erseent hechi l
dr enoftheri
ght eousbegf orbread( Psa37: 25),
therearemanysi r
.Thati swhyi fwedon' tknowhowt ostudyOl dTest amentandr elate
i
tt othethingsoft hespi r
it
,youmayendupsay i
ngbibleisnott r
ue.I fallyouattacht o
promiseoft hescr i
ptureisear thlythings,youmaygetmanyt hingswr ong( 1Cor in
15:19),Becausey oumaybesur prised,ifyougettoheav enanddi scoverthatthebr ead
thatthechi l
drenoft her i
ghteouswi l
lnotbegf ori
st hebr eadofl ife ‍♂whi chi s
Jesus,whichi st hewor dofGodorl ivi
ngbr ead.Butinterpret
ingi tonmat eri
althings
onlycanl eady out oconf usi
onandt hrow awayt hebi bleseei ngt housandsoft he
chil
drenoft her ighteousst ruggl
ingt osur vi
veandt hechi l
drenoft heunr i
ghteousnot
beggingforbr ead.Soi frewar diswhati spushingy out odot hings,sucht hingisnot
sponsoredbygr ace.I ti
ssponsor edbyl aw.

Underl aw,i tisei thert hel ov eforr ewar dort hef earofconsequencesmakey ou
todosomet hi ng.Butundergr ace, thelov eofwhatt het hingswi llaf fect ,t
hoset hatwi l
l
benef i
tfrom i tiswhatmakesust odot hings.Idon' tgivebecauseIknowGodwi llbless
mebackwi t
hmoney ,IgivebecauseIl ov ewhom Iam gi vingt o.Any thingi nlov edoes
notcar rycondi tion, oncesel fcondi ti
oni sattachedt oi t,event houghy oubur ny our self
assacr i
fice,i ti snotaccept able( 1Cor i
n13: 3) .Andt hespi ritsponsor ingal lt his
messageofat tachingr ewar dt ot hingsi ssodeep,i t '
sadeepr eligiousspi ri
t.Youcan
i
magi nehow someonewi llbur nhi mselfassui cidebomberj ustbecausehewast old
thatsev env irginsi shi sr ewar di nheav en.Fory out oknow t hef or cessponsor inga
messagewi thr ewar dat tachedt oi t
,itmayl ookasi fally ourmember sar eobey i
ng
thi
nkingi tisHol ySpi r
itthati satwor k,noi tisnot ,itissel fi
shspi ri
torr eli
giousspi ri
t
thatisatwor k.Thesamespi ritthati satwor ki nsui ci
debombi ngi st hesamespi r i
tat
worki nthoser eli
giousChr istianpeopl edoi ngt hingsbecauseofr ewar d.Imustconf ess
toyou, undergr acewedon' tlongf orheav enbecauset her eisenj oymentt here,wedon' t
runawayf rom hel lbecauseoft hepuni shmentt her e,butcan' tj ustwai tt oseeour
heavenlyf ather .Wecan' tjustwai tt oleav ethismor talbodyt oputont hei mmor tal,not
becauset herei sf ri
edr i
ceandchi ckeni nheav en.WhenGodgav ehi sonl ybegot tenson,
hegav ewi thoutanycondi tion( John3: 16).Ify ougi vey ourl i
fet oChr i
st,itisf ory our
benef i
t,i
fy oudon' tgi ve,Goddoesnotl ose.Hecanr aisest onest odoy ourassi gnment ,
i
fy out hinki tisbecauseGodcan' tdowi thouty ou( Luke19: 40).Godi snotl ooki ngf or
worshipper sonEar th( John4: 23- 24),becauset her ear enowor shipper sinheav en,no,
therear emi lli
onsofwor shi pper si nheav en.I tisjustapr ivi
leget haty ouar ei nv i
tedt o
j
oint hewor shi pt eam ofheav en.SoIam say ingt hist ocor rectthei mpr essionofmany
whot hinkGodneedsusbecausehewant stogetsomet hingf r
om us.Hedoesnotneed
ourhelp;wear et heonest hatneedsHi shel p.Hecanachi ev eany thingont hisear th
withoutus.Sot hatHegi vesusapr i
vileget ol imithimsel fonmat tersoft hi
sear tht o
partnerwi thusdoesnotmeanGodi slimi ted,Hehasonl ychosent ogi vet hiseartht o
thechildrenofmen( Psa115: 16) .Andi fwebecomepr oud,hecant aket hepr i
vil
ege
andgi v
ei tgoat.Iam j ustsay ingt hi stohumbl eus, f
orust oknowt hatwegi veourl i
ves
toChr i
stdoesnotmeany ouhav edoneonegr eatt hi
ng.Heaskedy out osur r
enderi t
(one'sli
fe),becausey ouar ecar ryingadeadl i
feabout ,becausey ouar eal iv i
ngcor pse.
Sohehasabet terlifecal l
edet ernallifethati swhyHei saski ngyout ogi vey ourli
fet o
Him andgett hel if
e( John3: 16) .Wher eam Igoi ngt o?Wedon' tgi vei nt heki ngdom
becausey ouwantopenheav en;y ougi vebecauseGodi susingi tasanopenheav ent o
someone.Ir epeatwi t
h al lhumi li
tythati ti san i ncompl etet eachi ng i nt heNew
Testamentt obeat t
achi ngasi ngul arrewar dt oapar ti
cularobedi encet hati slaw.IfGod
choosest or ewar dy ourt i
thing,i tcanchooset orewar dy ouwi thgoodheal th;hecan
rewardy ouwi thr esponsi bl
echi ldren.Youcannotj ustputGodi nat ightcor nerbecause
youar eat i
ther,no!Thati swhyHei scal ledunquest ionableGod.Youcannotpr edict
him,reli
gionbegi nswheny out hinkGodonl yusesonemet hodt oachi ev eapur pose
becausehehadusedsuchmet hodi nt hepast .Manyhav emadet hebi bleal i
ar,
becauseofal lthisi ncompl etet eaching,t hati swhymanyar ecommi t
tingsui ci
deaf ter
doingallyouaskedt hem todoandnor ewar dt hatyoupr omiset hem.Sot heyconcl ude
thatGodhat est hem orabandont hem.Theybegi nt ohav espi r
it
uali nferi
or itycompl ex,
becausey ourmessagehascr eat edami ndseti nt hem t hatGodl ovesy oumor et han
them.

I
nthekingdom, God'sloveisequalbecauseiti
sChristthatdeterminest helove,
i
tisundeservedlove,Goddi dnotloveEvangeli
stReinhar
dBonnkemor ethany ou.Get
thatfacttoday.Intheki ngdom,i tisthel oveofGodcompel l
ingus,not hingcan
separat
eusf rom t
helov eofGod( Rom 8:39).Mindyou,l
ov eforGodi sdifferentfrom
l
ov eofGod.Wedon' toper ateunderloveforGod,weoper ateunderl oveofGod.The
l
ov eofGodi sgott
enf rom responsetother ev
elat
ionyouget ,onhow Godl ovesy ou.
LoveforGodisourresponset otheloveheshowedusandt hatisgrace.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies11)
Doy ouobser v
et hatwhenJesuswasonear t
hpr eachi ng,t hesocal ledhol iness
preacher snev eraccept edhi smessage?Hi smessagewasmor eaccept abl ebysi nner s
thant hesocal ledGoddev otedpeopl e.Justl ikeourmessagesnow, itwi l
lbehar df ora
religiousChr istianst oacceptt het ruthwear ecommuni cat i
ng.Sonev ert hi nkt hatat rue
messagei st heonet hatsinnerr ejected,no!Tr uthi st hemaj oronet hatkeeper soft he
l
awr eject ed.Jesuswasabl et oaccesst hesi nner st hant hesocal ledr ight eousi nhi s
day s.Hef acedmuchat tackf r
om t hekeeper sanddoer soft hel aw.Justaswear e
faci ngmuchat tackf rom t hem now.Jesuswasnotar eligiousper son,i fy oust udyhi s
pat ternandst yleofmi nisty,itwasnotal lt hisS. U.t y peofmi nistrat ion,Jesuswasa
freemant ot hecor e,thatisoneoft her easonst her el i
giousmenofhi sday sbegant o
hav ei ssueswi thhi m.Henev ershewanyf orm ofbeenspi ri
tuali npubl ic, ev enwhenhe
talkedaboutpr ay erheadv i
sedpeopl et ogoi nt ot hei rr oom andshutt hedoorand
begi ntopr ayi nsecr et,becauset heGodt hathear si nsecr etwi l
lr ewar dopenl y( Mat t
6:6) .Thi swasagai nstt hest y l
eoft hekeeper soft hel awt hatt aughtt hatt hemor ey ou
shout ,themor eGodhear sy ou.SoJesusl i
fe'sst ylewasnotl ikeal lt hiszeal ous
spi rit
ualpeopl e,y oucani magi net hathi sf irstmi r
acl ewasnoti nacr usadegr ound,i t
wasi napar typl ace( John2: 11) .Iimagi newhati sJesusdoi ngi napar typl ace, ifJesus
comesi nt hisourgener ation,y ouwi l
lbesur prisedseei nghi m wat chi ngManchest er
Uni tedv er susChel sea.Hemaywearar senal vestt obeheal i
ngt hesi ck.Lol ...
..Yout hink
hewi l
lbewear i
ngsui taboutwi thcol l
ari nhi sneck,Yout hinkhewi llbewear i
ngshi r
t
andt r
ouser sabout ,becauseal lt hosear ewhatwecal l
edgodl ydr essi ng.Rel ax,shi r
t
andt rouser si sj ustadr essingoft hewhi tet hatcol oni zedusandbr oughtChr istianityt o
us, weonl yadopt edt heirpreachi ngcoupl edwi tht heirdr essingmakei tlifest yle.Ithas
becomef unnyt oseesomedenomi nationst hati fy oudon' tputont rouser st ucki ny our
shir tandputont i
ey ouar ewor ldly.Youwi llbesur prisedt oseeJesusi nonef i
nej eans
andt renaswi thoner oundneckguccishi rt,howwi shJesusi si nt hi sgener ation.Idon' t
thinkmanyhav et hepi ctureofwhom Jesuswasi nhi sGener at i
on,t hepi ct urewehav e
i
st hepi ctur eofaqui etbr otherpr esent edt ousi npassi onofChr istf orm.Youcannot
i
magi neseey ourJesuseat i
ngwi thsi nner si npubl i
c.Si ncer ely ,hedi dnotshowanyki nd
ofr eligiosi ty.Youhar dlyseePhar i
seeseat ingi npubl i
c;t heyal way sappear edasi ft hey
aref astingi npubl icaf t
erconsumi ngt wocupsofr i
cei npr i
v ate.I st hatnott hesame
hy pocr iticall ifey ouar el i
ving?MyJesus' li
fei saf reel i
feper son.Youcannoti magi ne
seei ngMar yki ssingt helegofJesusami dstbr ethr en( Luke7: 45) .Haaaaaaaaaa!I fi tis
ourgener ation y ou heary ourbi ble coor di nat ororSundayschoolt eachersay ing
Jesuuuuuuuuuuuuushmmmmmm y oubet terbecar feul ,Mar yi sf rom mar ineKi ngdom
ooooo,y ouknowt henumberofdemonwecastoutofher .Iam j ustsay ingal lt hisf or
yout oknowt hel ev elofgr aceheoper atedwi th.
 Imagi neal adyj ustki ssingt hel egofonepast ornow.Thesoci almedi awi llhear
i
tt henextday ,t hehol i
nesspr eacher swi l
lr aiseal armt osayt hesear eendt i
me
preacher s.Wehav et ol
dy ounott of ol
lowt hem, wecanseehowy ouar est ri
ctwi thy our
l
adi es, yeswesee, weseehowy ouhav eprev entedmanyoft hem f r
om mar r
ying, thatis
whyy ouar eseei ngmanyov eragedsi ster
si nthei rchur chesov erduef ormar ri
age, due
toov erst r
ictness.Per mi tmet ouset hatEngl ish.Youcannoti magi neseei ngJesus
visiti
ngMar yandMar t
haal one( John11: 5).Haaaa!Whati sBr ot herJesusdoi ngal one
i
nt hehouseofSi sterMar yandMar tha?Fory out oknow t hatJesusi sapur egr ace
preacher ,sincerelyhenev ercar edaboutwhatmanwi l
lsay ?Unl iket hisourgener ation,
wear et ooconcer nedaboutwhatmanwi l
lsayt hanwhatGodi ssay i
ng.Andy oucannot
pleaseGodwi t
ht hatnat ure.Thosear et helif
et hatl eadst ohy pocr i
ti
call i
fe.Bey our self
mybr other .Ican' timagi net her eact ionofsomet eacher soft hel aw seei ngJesus
comi ngoutofMar y'
shouseal one.Icanseet hem say i
ngi st hisChr i
sti
anity ,andhe
cal l
edhi msel fholysonofGod, howcanhol ysonbegoi ngt osi ster'
shouseal one, what
kindofev angel i
sm i sthat?Youseet hem say i
ng, Iam suspect ingpast orJesus, andhe
i
shav ingaf f
airwi thSi sterMar y.Youseet hem say i
ng,t hisi snott heki ndofr evival
apost l
eMosesgav eus, andweneedpowerasofEl ijahday s.Youseet hem compar i
ng
thepr esentmov eofGodi nthisdi spensat i
onwi tht hepastmov eofGod,t hinki ngt he
wayGodwor kedi nt heday sofJohnWesl eyandJohnNoti st hesamewayGodwi l
l
wor kwi thusi nthi sdispensat ion.Youseet hem cr yingf ort hepowerofEl i
jah.Rel axsi r,
ev ery assi gnmenthas hi s own power ,when y ourassi gnmenti s notl ike t he
assi gnmentofEl ijahwhatdoy ouwantt obedoi ngwi t
ht hepowerofEl ij
ah?Ev ery body
hashi sowndi mensi onofpower ;thedi mensi onofpoweri nmewasnoti nElijah.El ij
ah
mi ghtr aisedead,buthecannotwr itedai lydev otional,t hati swhyhenev erpens
any thingdown.Soashehashi sowndi mensi onsofpowersoal soIhav emi ne,same
alsot oy ou.I fnotbecauseofhi stor i
caldocument st hatmakeust ohearabouthi m,no
singlet eachi ngf r
om hi smout ht hatgener at i
oncomi ngcoul dhav elear ntfrom.Andy ou
sitont hismount aincr yingforpowerofEl i
jahi nthist echnol ogi cal age.

Ilaughaty ouinGr eekwhatdoespowerofEl ij

ahhast odowi t
hy ourcal l
i
ng
whi chi sdr amami ni
stry
,wasEl ij
ahadr amami ni
ster?Thepowerf ory ourdr ama
mi nistr
yi swhaty ouneed,nott hepowerofEl i
jah.Getthisfact,wemustbedel iv
ered
from somej unkst hatwei nheri
tedfrom t
hebodyofChr i
st.Thatiswhyy ouseesome
say i
ng,al lt
hisy oungpreachers,itisonl
yGodt hatcandel i
verthem,becausewhodi d
theyl earnthiskindofChristi
ani
tyf r
om?Wel earnitfr
om Christdir
ect
ly.Wear eli
kePaul
whowasnott aughtbyanyman,becauset hereistendencyf orustoinheri
ttradi
ti
oni f
wewer etaughtandbr oughtupbymen.SeehowPaulwast rainedbyGodf ormi nist
ry.
InGal atians1:11-12

11.
KJV:ButIcer
ti
fyy
ou,br
ethr
ent
hatt
hegospelwhi
chwaspr
eachedofmei
snot
 af
terman.

12.
KJV:ForInei
therr
ecei
vedi
tofman,
nei
therwasIt
aughti
t,butbyt
her
evel
ati
on
ofJesusChri
st.

Thesamet hi
ngt osomeofussi r,t
hedi mensi onsofourt eachingwedi dnotreceiveit
fr
om men, Chr i
sthadt ocloseourey esfrom thef at her
s'teachi ngsandbeganwi t
husby
hi
msel f
.Nott hatt heyhav ef ailed,no,Godhasusedt hem f orthisgenerati
on,butt he
di
mensi onst hatGodwant st ocommuni cat
et ot hegener ationcomi ngbeforeusisnot
i
nt heirteachi ngs.Thati s whyGod i s prepar ing some danger ous youths i
nt his
generation,y ouhav enothear doft hem.Yout hinkitisApost l
eJoshuaSel maand
Arome,nosi r,thosear ejustt hef orerunnersGodi susingt opr epar ethegroup,thatis
whyy oudi scov erthattheirteachi ngsar esti
llv erymuchi nl inewi thwhatwei nherit
ed.
Mar kmywor dsst rangeteacher sarecomi ng,peopl ewhocar ryt
heanoi nti
ngofPaul ,an
apost l
eofgr aceandr evelation.Youar esur prisedt oseet hatPaulwasnotsentt o
Petert obet rainedbyhi m,t hel i
ttl
et i
met heyhadencount ertheyal waysfought( Gal
2:11-13),becausear evolutionistal wayslooksasi fher ebel l
ious,becausewhathe
hatesi swr ongi nheri
teddoct ri
ne.Howwecomeabouti twecan' texplai
n,ifwet r
yt o
questioni ttheysaywear er ebelli
ous.Jesuswasal sorebel l
ioust oPhar i
seesofhisday
andt heelder soft heTempl e.Samet othemessageofPaul ,hisgr acedoctri
newasnot
acceptedbyt heeldersofthechurch,evenPetercouldnotunder
standhim atthe
beginni
ng,itt
ookhim yearsi
nminist
rytocomeandsaywhatwasr ecordedin(2Pet
er
3vs16) ,becausetheki ndofChri
sti
ani
tytheapostlecoul
dhavegiventouswoul d
havebeenanot herpackageofJudai
sm,itcoul
dhavebeent hewordofMosesadded
totheper sonofJesus.ButPaulcamewi thanotherdanger
ousholyrevel
ati
onnot
t
aughtbyanyman(
Gal
ati
ans1:
12)
.

Somecl aimedPaulwasmad,t hattoomuchofst udyhadmadehi m mad( Acts

26:24) ,thati swhatt heyar esay i
ngt ousnow,becausewehav er esearchedal lwhat
theyexal tedasdoct r
ineanddi scov er
edi tiserror
.Wehav eresearchedt ithi
ngandwe
endedupdi scov eringf rom researcht hatMal achiwasnott alki
ngt ot hechur ch,itwas
talkingt ot hepr i
est swhodi dnotpayt i
theoft it
hesascommandedbyMoses.They
poi ntedust oAbr aham weal sobyr esearchdiscoveredt hatAbraham onl ypai dti
thenot
mor et hanonet i
mei nal lhi
sl if
est y
leandhewasbl essedinmanyoccasi ons.We
resear chedi toutanddi scoveredthatAbr aham wasonl yactingaccor dingtot heculture
ofhi sl and,becauseev erycit
izenmustpayt i
thetot hekingi nhisl andf orprotection
from t heki ng.Sot heor i
ginoft i
thecanbet racedtot helandofEgy pt.Andt heyshout ed
thatt oomuchofst udyhasmadeBanj oAy ekamad.Cany ouseewhyGodhadt osend
Pault ot heGent iles( sinners:Act9: 15),becausei twi l
lbedi ff
icultforany oneunder
l
awt ounder standt her eali
tyofgr ace.SoJesuswasaf r
eeman, hismessagewasnot
aboutr eligion,ar eligiousbr othercannotgot oSi sterMar yandMar tha'
shouse.So
wher
eam Igoingto,Iam notsayi
ngbr
other
sshoul
dbegoi
ngt
osi
ster
shouseany
how
ooo,
don'
tmisunderst
andmypoi nt
.

Mypoi ntisthatal lweseeasev idenceofungodl i

nesst odayi swhatJesusdi di n
hisday s.Zacchaeusi slikeAdam Oshi omol e,orBukol aSar aki( Luke19: 1-10),j ust
i
magi neapast orv isiti
ngt heirhouse,wewi l
lbegi ntogi vet hem namej ustast he
Phar iseessai dt oJesus,t heyshout edhei sgoi ngtosi nnerhouseooo( Mar k2: 16).
Mi ndy ou,Jesusdi dnotev enj ustst ayedal itt
leinAdam Oshi omol e'
s( Zacchaeus)
house.Hecamet ost ayt her ef orsomeper iod.Samet ome,Ipr eferthesocal led
sinner sthanmanyoft hosewhocl aimt obedeepS. U,butIdon' tknowwhyGodi sgi ving
met hemandat etol iberatel ivesf rom l awt ogr ace,from reli
gi osit
yt ospirit
uality
,f rom
traditi
ont oleadingoft heHol ySpi rit
.Iam j ustl i
keJesus,i fy ouseewher eIplay ;y ou
mayt hinkIam notbor nagai n.Ij ustdon' tknowwhatwehav et ur
nedChr i
stianit
yt oi n
Af r
ica.Iaskagai nwhati sChr isti
ani ty?Chr isti
anityisnotar eligionI ti
snotal lthishol y
holyat titudef orGodsake.I tisnotal lt hi
squi etspi r
itthinki
ngt hati stheev idencet o
knowapast or .Hol ySpi ri
tisnotaqui etspi ri
t;he'sonlyagent lespi ri
t.Quietnessisnot
thef ruitoftheHol ySpi ri
t.Bei ngqui etisdifferentf r
om beinggent l
e.Gent l
enessi sf rom
thewor dfri
endl y
,soChr i
stiani t
yi sf ri
endl y.Talkingaboutbi bleal lthet i
mei snott he
ev i
denceofspi r
it
uality.

Letuscat
chsomef
unpl
ease,
common,
don'
tmakeChr
ist
iani
tyt
olookbor
ingf
orus.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies12)
Now, hav ingunder stoodwhatl awi sal labout ,whatdoesi tnowmeant ocomet o
theendoft hel aw?I tsi mpl ymeanst ocomet ot heendofusi ngsel fener gytodo
spiri
tualt hings.Becauset heendr esul tofl aw i ssel fener gyandwor k,whi l
et heend
resultofwor kisf rustration.Al lwhatt hel awdemandsust odoi swhatwemustdo, but
wechooset or efuset odoi tbecauset hecapabi l
it
yt odoi snoti nus.AndGodcan' tbe
madaty oui fy our efuset odowhathehasnotgi v
eny out hegr acet odo.Soi nsteadof
notdoi ngi tt obeenj oy i
ngl awl essnesswhi chi sbad,wer at herwai tupont heLor dt o
renew ourst rengthsot hatwecanf l
yl i
keeagl e,andr unwi thoutbei ngwear y(Isaiah
40:31),andt hati swhati scal ledgr ace.Wer atherwai tf orgr acet ohelpust hant ot ryto
dospi ri
tualt hingsi ntheener gyoft hef lesh.Andt hedanger ousaspectofsel fener gyis
thatyouwi llst artwi thspeedl ikesomeoner unni ng100met er s,butast i
megoesonhe
beginst owear y.Underl awy ouar ecar ryingsomet hingandr unni ngwi thi tcalledf l
esh,
whi l
eundergr acesomet hi ngi scar r
y ingy out or un.Gr aceandl awar eal r
eadyont he
samer oad,t heypoi ntt ot hesamer oad,butl aw t ell
sy out obegi nt hej ourneybysel f
effort
,whi l
egr acet ell
sy out owai tf oracart ocar r
yy ou.Thati swhymanydonot
underst andwhenwesaywear enotunderwor kofl aw, nott hatgr acei sagai nstwor ks,
gracei sonl yagai nstt hesel fener gywor k,gracehasi t
sownwor k,ev ent hewor kof
gracei shighert hant hewor ksoft hel aw, weonl ydon'tseei tbecausewenev erbel i
eve
wehav edoneanyhar dt hi ng.Thati swhyf ai
thwi t
houtwor ksi sdead( James2: 17),
oncet her ei sf aith,ther ewi llbegr ace( strengt h)andoncet herei sgr aceorst rengt h,
thereiswor k,sowor ki st hef rui
tofgr ace.Sot here'sawor kcal ledt hewor kofgr ace
andt her eisanot hercal l
edt hewor kofl aw.Sot hewor kt hatt hebookofJamesi s
referr
ingt oi snott hewor kofl aw, butt hewor kofgr ace( James2: 18).Sof aithwi thout
thewor kofgr acei sdead,notf ai
thwi thoutt hewor koft hel aw.Sowheny ouseebi bl
e
attachingwor kunderl awi ti sonl ytalkingaboutsel fener gywor k.

Undergr acey oudomuchwor k,butwithease.Becauset her eisapoweratwor k

i
ny ouener gizi
ngy outodoi t,youcannotgett ir
ed.Thatiswhywedon' tattachany
i
mpor tancet oourdoi ngsandbet hinki
ngorsay ingwear epay i
ngonepr ice,no,we
know itisnotbysel fpowerormi ght;iti
sbyGod' spowercal ledgrace.Whatt he
apostl
eswentt owai tforont hedayofPent ecosti scal
ledgrace( Acts2),whengrace
camet heydi dnothearanyaudi blevoi
cet ogoandbepr eachi
ng.Butwhengr acebegan
tofl
ow, theycan'tjuststayagai n.Thegracebegant opushthem.Whatam Isay i
ng?no
manqual i
fi
esforgr ace,ifGodwant stousey ou,hewi l
lcl
eany ourmessandusey ou,
don'
tsayGoddoesnotusey oubecauseofy ourmess.I fyouareapi gandGodpi cks
i
nterestiny ou,heknowshowt oremov ethenat ureofpigandputt henatureofsheep
i
ny ou.Thati sgr acefory ou,hisgracewor ksmosti nyourweakness( 2Cor i
n12:19).
Goddoesnotusey oubecausey oucanf ast
,ifheneedsy outof ast,Heistheonet hat
enabl esy outodoi t
.Hei snotl ookingf ort he“ abl e”,hei slookingf orwhom hehas
chosenbef or
et hef oundat i
onoft hewor ldandmakeshi m able( Rom 8: 29-30) .So
i
nsteadofwet opoi nty out oourpr icewer atherpoi nty out oChr i
st,becausey our
sacrificecannotsav ey ou.Sot ellthesocal l
edhol inesspr eacherthatwear epreachi ng
thesamemessagewi tht hem.Wear eont hesamej our neyofhol i
ness.Theonl y
dif
fer encei sthattheyt eachy out otrekt hej ourneyofhol inessbyl eg,butwepoi nty ou
toar anger overcarcal ledgr acethatcant akey out hrought hejourneyef fortl
essly .They
arest riv
ingt obehol y,butwear eenj oyinghol i
ness,becausei sj usttheexpr essi onof
thenewl i
feinus( 2Cor i
n5: 17).Wear enotper fect,butwear ehol y.Godsai df ort he
perfect i
onoft hesai nts(Eph4: 12),soi fy ouseeanyweaknessi nmet hatdoesnot
meanIam nothol yorIam notasai nt,Iam j ustasai ntgrowi ngi ntoper f ection.
Chur chi sagr oupofi mperfectpeopl e,ify ouar el ookingf orperfectpeopl edon' tcome
tothechur ch,chur chisaspi ri
tualhospi t
al.Fori nstance, youar edisappoi ntedinbr other
Aformaki ngmi stake,weneedt oev enbedi sappoi ntediny ouforbei ngdi sappoi ntedi n
someone.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies13)
Intheki ngdom,i ti snotwhatweseet hatpr oducesourf ai t
h,ourf aithi sa
subst anceandpr oductofwhatwer ecei v ebyr evel ation.Ev ent houghwhatwebel ieve
donotpr oducet hedesi rer esul tashuman, wepr efert odi ebel iev ingi t,
becausei tisnot
receivedbyi nf ormat i
onorexper ience, t heyar efaithsponsorbyr ev elation.Thati swhat
mademenoft heol dt odi ei nf aithst illbel i
ev i
ngev ent hought heydi dn' tr ecei vet he
promi se.Thati swhatmadet het hr eeHebr ewment osayt hatev ent houghGoddi dnot
sav euswewi llstillnotbow ( Dan3: 18) .ButLaw comesbyi nf or mat i
on,whi l
ef aith
comesbyr ev elat i
on.Andwheny our ecei v eawor dbyr evelat i
ont her ei sacapabi l
ity
mix edwi tht hewor dt oobey .Thati swhyIdosayt hatnoonei sadi sobedi encechi l
d
underf aithint heki ngdom di ctionar y.I ti sbel i
ev ersandunbel i
ev er st hatwehav e, thatis
whywhent hedi scipl esf ailed,I tist hei rfaithChr istpoi ntedt o,hesai dohy eofl i
ttl
e
fait
h( Matt6: 30;Mat t8:26) .Hedi dnotsayohy eofdi sobedi entchi l
d.Ev enwhenhe
propheci esaboutt hef allingofpet erwhati sshal li st hatIhav epr ay edf ory ousot hat
yourf aithwi llnotshake( Luke22: 32) ; becausef aithi swhatdet er mi nesev er ythingbot h
obedi enceanddi sobedi encei nt heNew Test ament .WhenJesuswasaboutt ogohe
utteredast at ementt hatwi llIfindf aithonear thi fIcomeback( Luke18: 8),hedi dnot
saywi l
lIf indhol inessorr ighteousnessonear t
h,Hedi dnotsaywi llihav eobedi ent
childonEar th?Buthewassopar ticularaboutf aith.Sot hesubj ectoff aithi saser ious
mat terintheNewTest ament ,mor et hant hesubj ectofsocal ledhol iness.Becausei tis
af actort hatdet ermi nesi fy oupl easeGodornot( Heb11: 6) .I ti sundert hel aw we
hav eobedi enceand di sobedi ence. You cannotencount erl ightand y ou wi l
lnot
surrender( Act s9: 3) .Andf ait
hi sr espondi ngt ol i
ght .WhenGodhav et imef ory ou, His
choicebecomesy ourchoi ce,becausehemakesy out oseet hatt herei snochoi ce
bettert hanhi schoi ce.Somei nt henewt est amentwhenGodr eal lywant sy out oobey
him, hewi llnotonl ygi vey oui nstruct ionsaty ourcapabi l
ity,hewi llgi vey oui nst ructions
withcapabi li
tyt oobeyaccompany i
ngt hei nstruct i
ons, soy ouar et heonet hatwi llbegin
calli
nghi mt oobey .Youar et heonet hatwi llbesay ingohGodusemef ory ourwor k.
Becausei nt hatday ,sayt hepr ophesyofpsal m( Psa110: 3),t hatt hey out hsshal lbe
willi
ngi nt hebeaut yofhi shol i
ness.Becauset her ei sgoi ngt obeagr aceav ailabl efor
yout ht obewi l
lingi nt hebeaut yofhol inessmeani ngi npur emot i
ve,notobedi ent
becauseofgai n, butobedi entbecauseofobl igation.Youar eobey i
ngbecausei tisy our
ri
ghtt odoi t.Fori nst anceIdon' tseewr iti
ngandt eachi ngasr esponset oobedi ent ,i
tis
j
ustwhatil ov edoi ng, eithert her ei sr ewar dornotIf eell ikewr itingandt eachi ng, why ?
Becauset her ei sagr aceatwor ki nmemaki ngmet obewi llingt owr i
teandt odo
(writeandt y pe:Phi ll
ip2: 13) )
.Andal sot herei sanot herdi mensi onofgr aceatwor kin
youmaki ngy out owi llandt odo.

Gett
hisf
act
,thi
smaybet
oohar
d,wheni
tcomest
ospi
ri
tualt
hings,i
tisnot
yourdeci sion.Nott hati tisapassi vel i
fe,No!Butt heremustbeagencyt hatmust
sponsory ourdeci sion,t heremustbeaf orceatwor kt ochooseornott ochoose.
Becauseourwi llisv eryweakwheni tcomest ospi rit
ualt hings.Thati swhyy oudon' t
tal
kdownonpeopl eandmaket hem feelt heyar et heoner esponsi bl efortheirspi rit
ual
state.Hungercan' tbedev elopedbysel fwill
,ithasar ooti nt hespi ri
t.Spirit
ualhunger
i
sadr awi ngoft hespi ritforanencount er.Youar enott heonedr awi ngt oGod, i
ti sGod
drawingy oucl oser( John6: 44) .Thati swhyaf t
ert hedr awi nghasachi evedhi sgoalby
maki ngy out oencount eradi mensi onofGod' sgr ace:Youmaysuddenl yseet hehunger
goingdown,andt hoset hingsy ouusual lydodur ingt hehungerper iody oumaynotdo
them muchagai n.I fy oudon' tunder st
andt hi
ski ngdom deal ingy oumayt hinky ouhav e
backslide,noy ouhav enot .Itisbecauset hehungeri sf oranencount erandoncey ou
encount eradi mensi onofGod' sPower ,y oubegi nt of lowi ngr aceont heassi gnment
thatwi l
lbegi vent oy ou.Att hisst aget hesameGodt hati sdr awingy oui nbef or ewe
now begi nt opushy ouout ,becausewhaty ouencount eri sasol uti
ont ot hel i
feof
thousands.Sot her ei st i
meofgoi ngi nt oseekt hespi ri
t,whi let herear eper iodsof
l
aunchi ngoutt omani festwhaty ouhav eencount eredi nt hesecr etpl ace.Unt i
lwhen
Godi swi l
lingt ot akey out oanot herreal mt haty ousuddenl ybegi nt osenseanot her
deephungerofsecr etpl ace.Thati swhyy oumaybesur prisedifApost leJohsuaSel ma
tel
lsy out hathedoesnotst udy ,fastandpr ayl i
kewhenhewasunderpr eparation.That
i
st hef actsi r,att hi sper i
odGodi snotev eni nterestedi ny ourmuchst udyingagai nif
youar et eacher ,becausey ouwi l
ljustbesur pr i
sedt hatwheny oudon' tprepar eatal lis
when y ou wi llbeseei ng y ourselff l
owi ng int hegr aceofwi sdom and r ev elati
on.
Hmmm. ..Comi ngi ntot heendofl awt oent eri ntot her ealm ofgr ace.Seey ouatt he
l
astser iest hi
sni ght .
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies14)
KJV:Wherefor
ethel
awi
shol
y,andt
hecommandmenthol
y,andj
ust
,andgood
(Romans7:12)

Thisisacrit
icalissueher
e;thebi
blesaysthelawisholyandgood.AndIbegi
ntoask
thathow cansomet hi
ngthati
sholyber ej
ect
ed,how cansomethingt
hatisgoodbe
evil
l
yspokenof .Lookatwhatthescri
ptur
esaysagai
ninRomans7: 7

KJV:
Whatshal
lwesayt
hen?I
sthel
awsi
n?Godf
orbi
d.

SoLawi snotevi
l,
soift
hatisthecasewhatisnowt heproblem wi
tht
helaw?Whydi d
Godnowputanendt othelawbymaki ngChr
isttobecomet heendofthel
awf orthem
thatbel
iev
eth(Romans10:
4).Justl
ookatthi
sfunnyscri
ptureRomans10:4(LB):

4 Theydon’
tunder
standthatChr
istgi
vest
othosewhotr
usti
nhi
m,ev
ery
thi
ngt
hey
aret
ryi
ngtogetbykeepinghi
slaws.Heendsal
loft
hat
.

Sowhydi dJesusbypasst helawandbegant ogi veyouwhatt helawpr omisewit

hout
keepi ngt heconditionasst atedbyt hel aw?Becauseacov enantbecomesusel ess
oncey oucangett hepr omi seofthecov enantwithoutdoingthecondi t
ion,i
tmeansan
higheraut hor
ityhasnul li
fiedthecov enantt oest
abl i
shanotherone.Sowhyi sthelaw
abolished,whywi llwhati sgoodandhol ybeabol ished?Howwi shitwasamendedwe
couldsai dmay bei sNi geriaconstit
ution,butont hismatteri
twast ot
all
ycancel
edand
anotheronewasest ablished.Sowhati st heproblem withthel aw,whydidGodf ind
faultinit?Nowl etusdi scusssomef ewr easons.

1.Becauseoftheprobl
em ofposi
ti
on:f
rom t
heor
igi
nalpl
an,lawwasnotmeant
tobegiveni
ntoourhands,
itwasmeantt
obegiv
enintoourhear
ts.

Thereisapl ainbibleinourhear ts,chapterbychapt er,pr

ecept sbyprecepts.Thepl anof
Godwast hathewant stowr i
tet helawbyhi mselfinourhear ts(Heb8: 10)
,sot hatwe
becomeal i
v i
ngepi stl
et hatpeopl ewillbereading.Hewant speopl et olookaty ourli
fe
andseet hebookofI saiah;hewant st owr i
teDeut er
onomyi ny ourheart,becausey our
hearti
sl i
keabookwi thcapabi l
itytocont ai
ni nf
ormat i
onmor ethananyphy sicalbook.
Sothepl anofGodi stomakeusawor dthatbecomesf l
esh,andt hemet hodGodwant s
touset oachi evethisisbycomi ngdownt omani nthecooloft hedayt ospeakt oman
byhimsel f,andwor dt hatcomesf r
om t hemout hofGoddi rectl
ytoy ougost r
aightto
theholybooki nyourhear t.Butwhenwel osttheaccessi nthegar denofEden, another
opport
uni tycameagai ni nthewi ldernesswhenhewant edt obecomi ngdownt othe
I
sraeli
tes,butt heyr ejectedit(Exo20: 19).Thati show Godcl osedt hechapt erand
devi
cedanot hermeansbycal li
ngMosesupt owr it
ehiswi llinast one.SowhatGod
now begant odoi stobecal l
ingonlyfew upi ntospi
ri
tualr eal
msandbespeaki ng
throughthem,t henwhathespoket othem wil
lbedocument edforrecordpur poseand
forthosewhocannothearGodt oknowGoddi rectl
y.Butthef actisthatsuchmet hod
wasnothi sor i
ginalplan.Bookisonlytobeabookofpr ophesynotabookofl aw,
becausehispl anwast owr i
tethelawinourheartsandwr i
tet heprophesyinabookf or
recordpurpose.Thati swhyhecameagai nt
ointroducetheor igi
nalplanagain.Seethe
promiseoft heoriginal
planprophesi
edbyJeremi ah:

33.
KJV:Butthisshal
lbethecovenantthatIwil
lmakewi tht
hehouseofIsr
ael
;Aft
er
thosedays,sai
ththeLord,Iwil
lputmyl awi nthei
rinwardpart
s,andwri
tei
tin
thei
rhear
ts;andwill
betheirGod,andtheyshall
bemypeopl e.

34.
KJV:Andt heyshal lt
eachnomor eeverymanhi snei
ghbour,andev erymanhi
s
brot
her,saying,Knowt heLord:fortheyshallallknowme, f
rom theleastoft
hem
untothegreat estoft
hem,sai t
ht heLord:forIwi l
lfor
giv
etheirini
quity
,andIwi
ll
remembert heirsinnomor e.(
Jeremi ah31:
33- 34)

Thepl anofGodf orusi st ohearhi sv oiceorwor dandnott ober eadi nghiswor d, t

hat
i
swhyhecamet oest abli
sht hatdi mensi onagai nandcal litf aith,becausef ai
th
comesbyhear ing( Rom 10: 17).Youcanr eacht oknowHi m,butcomi ngtohi sl awor
i
nstruct i
on,hi spl ani snott haty ouknow hi m bybi blebook;hewant stowr it
ehi s
i
nstruct i
on( l
aw)i ny ourhear tbyhi msel f.Andoncet hati sachi eved, itisnolongerl aw, it
i
snow f ai t
h.Iti sf aith,becausei tisGodt ellingy ou,whi lei tislaw becausei tisman
tel
li
ngy ou.Thati swhy ,youhar dlyseemet ell
ingy ouwhatt odoi nmyt eachi ng,my
teachingpoi ntsy out oChr i
st,toteachy ouChr i
st,whi lethedut yofChr i
sti
st ot ellyou
whatt odo.Ipoi nty outoChr i
st,Christpoi ntsy out owhatt odo,andashei spoi nti
ng
youtowhatt odo, t
hegr aceofourLor dJesusChr i
stbegi nst obacky ouupt obewi l
li
ng
todoi tandempower syout odoi t
.Soi tisnotamat t
erofr eadi ngwhathewant syout o
doi nabook.Thati swhyweneedt ogr aduat ef rom knowi ngt hewor dofGodt o
knowi ngt heGodoft hewor d.Itisaf at herthatwasf arf rom hi ssont hatusedl etterto
communi catet ohi sson.Youdon' tknow y ourear thlyf atherbyr eadi nghi sbooksor
readinghi sbi ogr aphy ,no!Youknowhi m bybei ngwi thhi m andhear i
nghi m.Butwhen
menl ostt hi
saccess,l etterbecameawayofknowi ngwhathewant sthem t odo,
becauset heGodt heyar edeal i
ngwi t
hi snowadi stantGod, heisf arf rom them, hei sin
heaven,whi l
et heyar eonEar th.Itisl i
keUSAt oNi geria,soi tonl ythosewhohav e
accesst oUSAandcomebackt oNi ger iathaty ourf athercansendt oy ou.Butf orus,
Godi swi thus( Mat t1:23),Idon'tneedt oknowhi m bybi bl e,bibleonl yconfirmswhatI
haveknownabouthi m.Ther earer ealmsy ougett oi nt hespi r
itwher ey oubegi nto
knowt hingsbef orey oucomeacr osst hem i nt heBi ble,thati sther ealm av ai
lableand
ordained f orusi nt heNew Test ament .Notbyl etteri ny ourhands,becauset he
weaknessoft hel awi nyourhandi sthati tl
ackscapabi l
it
yt ohel pyoudowhatheasked
y
outodo.Butthelawi
ny ourhear
tiscal
ledfai
th.Andoncethel
awchangesl
ocat
ion
f
rom y
ourhandtoy
ourheart
,iti
smixedwi
thpowerandlovet
oobeyit
.

Seey
oui
nthenextser
iest
oseeanot
herr
easonwhyGodf
indsf
aul
twi
thl
aw.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies15)
Inthelastserieswebegant odealwi
ththereasonwhythesamehol ylawwas
r
eject
edasacov enantwayofdeali
ngwi t
hGod.Andwement i
onedthefi
rstpoi
ntwhi
ch
i
sthe"theproblem oflocat
ion"Nowletusmovetothesecondr
eason.

2.Becausewhatcanr
espondt
olawi
snoti
nanyman:

ThebookofRomans7v s.14-17say sinusdwel lethnogoodt hing(wear ecar

ryi
nga
knockedengi neabout)
,andunt i
lthesininusisr emov edbygracewecannotkeept he
l
aw,sowhatgr acedoesf i
rstistoremov esinf r
om ourhear tandputl awinthesame
posi
tionwher esinisr emov ed.Therei sanat ureinust hatlovest osin,soitisnot
possibleforasoulthatlovestosi ntohavelawi nhishandandy out hi
nkhewi l
lbeable
tokeept helaw.SowhatGodf ir
stdidinthenewt estamentwast ofir
stremovethesin
i
nust hatismakingust odot heev i
lwedon' twantt odoandr efusetodot hegoodwe
l
ovetodo.Seewhati sinus, Romans7: 14-
15

1.Thelaw i
sgood,t
hen,andt
hetr
oubl
eisnott
her
ebutwi
thmebecauseIam
sol
dint
oslav
erywit
hSinasmyowner
.

Unti
lyouaredeliver
edfr
om thebondageofsi n,youcannotobeythel
aw.Thel i
feunder
sini
sal i
fethatcankeepthel aw,butt heli
feisalr
eadyunderastrangeandst rong
master,andthelawalsowantst obeanothermasterandtheonlypersonthatcanbe
theki
ngofki ngsandLordofLor dsoverusisthepersonthatcandel
iverusf r
om the
capt
ainsin.Helpmet oaskcapt ainl
awt hathowcany oubeclai
mingtobeki ngwhen
youcannotkillt
heGoli
athofsin?

He( Law)want st oLordhi mselfov eruswhenwear est i

l
lunderthebondageof
sin.Howcant hatbe,andy ouwantmet oobeyy ou.Iwil
lbet hefir
sttobr eakyouand
youwi l
ldonot hi
ng,becauseIam notundery ou.Youcansendanydev ourertomei fI
don'tpayt it
he,becauseIam notundery ou.Deliver
eriswhatIneednoti nstr
uctor,ifI
am deliv
eredIwi l
lnat
urall
ydot her i
ghtthing.I
tisbecauseIam asl aveundersint hatis
whyIam doi ngthewr ongthings.Sonev ery outal
ktomeMrl awi fyoucan'thelpmei n
mypr edicament .Tohellwithy ourholi
nessi fyoucannotfreemef r
om sin,Idon'tneed
yourr i
ghteousnesssi r.Youki ngSaul( law)want edtorule,butcouldnotdel iverthe
Israel
i
tes( beli
evers)f
rom Goliath.Sowhatweneedi swhowi l
ldeli
verusf r
om thehand
ofMrsi n?Andwhoev erthatcandot hatbecomeourLor dandsav i
our.ButGl oryt o
Jesuswhocamet oachievethisforus( Galati
ans3:13).

Nowt hequesti
onishowdi dheachievethisvi
ctor
yforus?Whent
hegraceof
ourLor
dJesuscame( John1:14)
,hedidnotdeli
verusfr
om si
nasweareexpect
ing,
he
di
dthedel
iverancebykil
l
ingusundersi
n,hemadeust obecomedeadtosi
n.Sohedid
notki l
lsin,butheki l
l
edus.Becausesi nhasdeal twithusbey ondr epair,weneednew
l
ife,theol dlifehav et opassaway .Repairisnott hesol uti
on.Sot hemet hodt hatGod
usedbecamemy stery.Whatwewer eexpect ingi stobef reefrom sin,butwhatGoddi d
i
st okillusundersi nandgi veusanot herl if
e, andt hisnewl i
fehasi tsownmanualt hat
washowt hemanualofl awbecamer ejectedandusel ess.Cany ouseet hef act
, t
hel aw
i
sgood,butIam t het rouble,Iam undersi n,andIhav etwomast ers,soi nsteadof
deli
verance, Idie.Sobot hlawandsi nlosttheirgr i
pov ermyl if
e:Becauset hecont enti
on
beforei sbet weenl aw andsi n.Now,t hatIam dead,Icannotr espondt olaw again,I
can'talsor espondt osi n.I
ti sli
keaskingadeadmant ostandupandwal k.Youcan' tbe
askingf oradeadamongt hel i
ving.Youj ustneedt obelievethi
sgoodnews,y oumay
notseer esultsimmedi ately,butholdunt oi t,conf essit,youaredeadt osi n(Romans
6).Af t
ermast urbatingdecl areit
,Iam deadt omast urbati
on,don'tfeelcondemnagai n,
don'tcr yforr epent ance,st andupf r
om t hemast urbati
onandcont inuey ourJoshua
Selmamessage.I tisnoty out hatismast urbating;itisthesininy ou.Don' tletlawput
youi nt
ocondemnat i
on.

Islaw t hepr oblem?No. ..Becausel aw i sl i

keusi ngagoodDVD manualand
remot etoaspoi l
tdeadDVD.Themanualandr emot eisnott hepr oblem,i nf
actt hey
camef rom t heDVDmanuf acturi
ngcompany .Sot hemanuali sgood, butt hepr obl
em i s
thattheDVDi snotwor king,t heDVDi sdead.Sowhent heDVDwast akenbackt ot he
manuf acturerwhathedi dwast hathedi scov eredt heDVDhasspoi ltbey ondr epai r
whichi sIandy ou.Sowhatt heDVDneedsi snewengi neandal lthati si nsideneedt o
ber epl
aced.Mi ndy ou,fort hebodyi sst i
l
lgood, buti nt hebodydwel lethnogoodt hings.
Sowhent hemanuf acturersawt his,hechangedt heengi ne.SowhatGoddi dtoy oui s
notcor r
ectionorr epair,i
ti sexchange,t hati sev acuat i
onandr eplacement .Soanot her
enginewasputi nsidet hebodyoft heDVD,andev eryengi nehasi tsownr emot e.
Remot eisdesi gnedbasedont het y peofapr oduct ,youcannotuset her emoteand
manualofSonypr oductonNoki apr oduct .Now, thaty ouhav eanewl ife, t
her emustbe
anewr emot eandanewmanualf ort henewl i
fe,t hati swhyhesai danewcov enant
willIgivet oy ou( Heb8: 8) .Everythi ngaboutt heol d,bot hgoodandbadhaspassed
away ,everythinghasbecomenew( 2Cor in5: 17) .SowhatGoddi dwast hatheputi n
yourenginet y
pedi f
ferentf rom theonet hatgotspoi l
t.Theengi net hatgotspoi lti
ny ou
i
sAdam manuf acturedpr oductst houghi twasagoodpr oducti nt hegar denofEden,
butaf t
ert heengi negotknocked,anot herbet terengi newasputt or eplacei tcalled
Christmanuf act ur
ingpr oduct .

Permitme,t
ocorrectt
hiserrorwhatChristcamet ogi
veisnotwhatwelostin
thegardenofEden,whatwer ecei
vedi s100ti
mesbet t
erthanwhatwereceiv
edinthe
gardenofEden.Andy oucan'
tuset hemanualandr emoteofanythi
nginthepastto
operat
ei nthenewengine(Matt9:17).Thenewl i
feinyouisali
fewit
hisownmanual.
Law isl i
keamanualandr emoteformanualcar ,whil
egr aceisli
keamanualf or
automat i
ccar.Sodon'
tusey ourmanualexperi
encetooperateint
hisdi
spensati
on,and
thatistheprobl
em ofmany .Theyar
el ooki
ngatthewayGoddeal twiththemenoft he
oldtojudgehowGoddeal swi tht
hem.No, Iam underabettercov
enantthatspeaksof
mer cyandgrace,mer
cyistheonesitt
inginthethr
oneofjudgmentpresentl
y.

I
ntheOldTest
amenti
twasj
udgmentsi
tt
ingont
het
hrone,whi
lei
ntheNew
Test
amenti
tisMer
cy.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies16)
I
nthelastseri
es,wetal
kedaboutt
hesecondreasonwhyGodf oundfaul
tinthe
l
aw whi
chi sbecauseitisagoodremoteandmanualf oranotherpr
oduct
.Thatis,a
goodr
emot ebutcannotworkf
orthenewengi
neinus.Now, i
nthisseri
eswearegoing
tobet
alki
ngaboutthethi
rdpoi
ntwhyGodfoundfaul
tinl
awwhi chIcal
led

3.Theweaknessofi
nconsi
der
ate.

Oneoft henegat ivesef fectsoft hel awi sthati tpl acest hesamedemandonbot ht he
oldandt henewbor nbabi esi nChr i
st.Itsmet hodofdeal ingwi t
hmeni slikeaskinga
yearol dboyand20y ear soldguyt ocar ryabagofcementandf ail
uret ocar ryitwil
l l
ead
tosameconsequences.Suchl awmayst i
llbeeasyf ort he20y earsol dguy ,butthe1
yearol dchi ldcannot ,thoughhemaybewi ll
ingt ocar r
yi t
,butt hecapabi li
tyisnott here.
Thespi ritmaybewi lli
ng,butt hef l
eshi sweak( Matt26: 41) .Buti tdoesnotconcer n
l
awi fy ouar ewi l
l
ing,lawnev ercompensat esy ourwi ll
ingness, alli
tneedsi sobedience.
Eithery ouobeybywi ll
ingnessornot ,allitneedsi sobedi ence.Butf orgr ace,sheonl y
compensat ey oury ourobedi entdonewi thwi l
lingness.Law doesnotactbygi vi
ng
assignmentonwhatt odobaseoni ndivi
dualcapabi l
it
y.Itnev erput si ndivi
dualspi ri
tual
age,capabi l
it
yandmat uri
tyi nt oconsi deration.I tgav et hei nst r
uct i
onandt hesame
consequencesandbl essingst oal l
.Andwhy ?Becauseev eryoneunderOl dTest ament
wasdeadi nt hespi ri
t.Soi nt heOl dTest amentt her ewasnot hingl ikespi rit
ualgrowt h,
becausegr owt hi
sf orthosewhoar eal i
veei therint hephy sicalori nt hespi rit
,forthose
whoar eal iv ephysically,iti
sphy sicalgrowt hwhi let othosewhoar eal i
vespi ri
tuall
y,itis
spirit
ualgr owt handl awi snotal awt onat uralgr owt h,lawi sspi rit
ual .Soi tissupposed
tobef ort hosewhoar eal i
v espi rit
ually
,buti tisunf ortunat et hatt hosewhom t hel aw
wer et alkingt ower edeadspi ri
tual l
y,thatiswhyt heynowbegant ousehumanener gy
(deter minat ion)todospi r
itualt hings.Sobot hMosesandt hel eastI sraeli
teswer e
consi deredt obeoft hesamel evelspi r
ituall
y ,bot harespi ri
tual l
ydead.I rrespecti
v eof
theanoi nt inguponAbr aham,hewasspi ri
tuallydead,t hati swhyt hel eastint he
kingdom i sgr eaterthanAbr aham becausewear eal iv
ei nt hespi ri
t.Soi ntheNew
Test amentwehav elifeint hespi ritthatiswhygr aceonl ygi vesy oui nstruct i
onsbased
ony ourspi ri
tualageandmat ur i
ty.Mi ndy ou,spi r
it
ualagehasnot hingt odowi th
phy sical age, andithasnot hingt odowi thy ear sofbei ngbor nagai n.

Icanbebor nagainbeforey ouandy etyouar eoldert hanmei nthespiri

t,
becausethekindoff oodyouareexposedtodetermi
ney ourspeedi ngrowthIsome
cases.So grace dealswit
hindivi
dualsaccordi
ng t
ot heirspi ri
tualcapabi
li
ty,age,
maturi
ty,andassi
gnment .Att
het imeGodmaybet elli
ngy out ogoon40day sdry
fast
ingwhichHemustsur el
ygi
vey oucapabi
li
tytodoit
, i
tcanbet el
li
ngmet obreakby
6pm andbegintoenj oymyhotpoundedy am.Duetof actorsthatsurrendedit
.Atthe
ti
megr acei stell
i
ngmet ocarr
y2bagsofcement ,itmaycombi ney ouandsomeone
togethertocar ryjustone.Thatiswhywedon' tcopyanyoneint heki ngdom, t
hatdaddy
Adeboy eeat2t i
mesi naweekdoesnotmeany oumustdot hesamet hi
ng.Why ?
Becausegr acedeal swi t
hindiv
idualbasedont hecapabi
lit
yhehasgi veny ou.Thatis
whyt heBi blesay shegav esomef i
ve,somet woaccordi
ngt otheircapabi li
ti
es(Matt
25:15).Itist hesamegr acethatbuil
dst hecapabili
tyinthem,hei salsot heonet hat
gavet hem thegi f
t,allyouneedt odoist obegintoactwitht hegr aceaccor dingtothe
capabili
tyiny ou.Ifthecapabi l
i
tyinyouandt hegraceupony oui snotl iketheoneof
daddyRei nhar dBonnkeordaddyAdeboy e,gr
acewi l
lnotcondemny ouf ornotwinning
soulslikethem.Gr aceonlycondemnsy ouwheny ouneglectthecapabi li
tyinyouand
burythegr aceupony ou.

Fori nstance,t hatIwr i

tedai l
yandy oudon' tev enwr i
teweekl ydoesnotmean
Godwi llsayBanj oisdoi nggr eatjobmor et hany ou.Nosi r
,hegav emecapabi lit
yand
gav egift,somydut yi stomakeuseoft hoset wogr acesef fortl
esslyt opr oduceanot her
graceei therf ormy sel forf orot hers.Becausegr acecanbet r
ansf er.Idon’ twhysome
strugglet odot hewor kofGodorpayspi ri
tualPr i
ce?I fGodneedy out odosomet hing
undergr ace,hesuppl yal lt hingsneededt oachi ev ei t,Godofgr acei snotaGodt hat
givey ouassi gnmentaty ourexpensi ve.Becausenosol dersgoest owaratt heirown
expensi vesay sApost lePaulThegunwaspr ov i
dedbyGov ernmentj ustaspowerf or
yourassi gnmentwaspr ov idedbyheav enlyGov ernment .Thebul l
etpr oofwaspr ovided,
j
ustast hebr eastpl
at esofr ighteousnessandshi eldoff aithwaspr ov i
dedbyGod.I fy ou
aref astingandpr ayingt ogetpowerf orassi gnment ,itmeansi ti sy ourassi gnment
nothi sassi gnment s.Becausei fitisKi ngdom assi gnment ,i
tist hosehepr edest i
ned
thatHecal led,andt hoseHecal l
edHechoseandt hosehechooses,Hegl ori
f i
edwi th
giftoft heSpi r
itneededf ort heassi gnment .SoWeonl ylabourint heki ngdom wedon' t
struggle.Becausest ruggl ei swhenwor kisdoneaty ourener gy,whi lelabouri swhen
wor kisdonebyhi sener gy .Andonet hingaboutgr acei sthatthemor eyouusei t
,t he
mor eiti ncreases.Buti fi tissel fenergy , t
hemor ey ouusei t,t
hemor ei tgetexhaust ed.
Becausewhaty our eceiv eatt hatpoi nti scal ledr ewar dandnotgr ace.Andany t
hi ng
rewar dget sexhaust ed,butgr acegeti ncr easing_ per mi tmet ouset hatEngl ish_That
i
swhyy ouseesomesay i
ngt heanoi ntingofy ester dayi snotenoughf ortoday ,forme
theanoi ntingIcar ryi saut omat i
c,iti snotanoi nt ingofy esterday ,i tisanet ernal
anointing,i tisgot tenbyf ait
h,andnotbywor ks.I tist hesamey esterdayt odayand
forever.I sal i
vinganoi nting,becausei tcar r
iest hel i
feofChr ist ,sowhatIam onl y
expect i
ngf rom theanoi nt ingi stogr ow.I tflowsnott hemor eIpaypr i
ce, butitflowst he
mor eIusei t.

How dowegethere?Wearetalki
ngabouthow gr
acedeal
swit
hmenwhichis
t
otal
l
ydiff
erentf
rom t
heunmer
cif
ulactofthel
aw.Thecapabi
li
tyi
nyouandt
hegrace
upony ouiswhatdet erminesy ourresultsHewi l
lnotcondemny ouf ornotdoi ngwhat
hehasnotgi v
eny out hegr aceandcapabi li
tytodo.ByHi sgr acey oucandoal lthi
ngs,
youcanbehol ybothoutwar dandi nward.Ifyouar enotnow, don'twor rybeservingyour
l
ordundert hecanopyofhi sbloodasy ouar ewai ti
ngf orgr ace,don' tt
rytodoany
holi
nessatt heenergyofy ourf l
esh,becauseIbety ou,i
twi l
lnotl ast ,youwi l
lbemov ing
fr
om condemnat i
ont ocondemnat i
on.Ihearsomeonesay i
ngwepr acticeHoli
ness,we
don'
tpr act
iceHol i
nesssirbecausehol i
nessi snotawor korexer cise.Becausel awwi l
l
beaskingy outodosomet hi ng,
howt odoi t,hewillnottellyou,ify ouaskhi mforpower
todoi t
,hewi llnotgiveandi fyoufailt
odoi t,hewi l
lpunishy ou.Seehowl iv
ingbible
descri
beslawi nJohn1v s.17

1.ForMosesgaveusonlyt heLaw wi
thit
srigi
ddemandsandmer
cil
essj
ust
ice,
whil
eJesusChr
istbr
oughtuslov
ingf
orgi
venessaswel
l
.

Cany ouseehowl awisajudgewithri

giddemandandmerci
lessjust
ice?Howcany ou
beunderrigiddemandsandmer ci
l
essjusti
ceandcl
aimyouwi l
lnotbef r
ustr
ated.Can
thatbethereasonwhyyouareexperi
enci
ngsorr
owinst
eadofjoyofsalvat
ion?
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies17)
I
nthel astseri
es,wetal
kedaboutthethir
dpointwhichistheproblem ofbei
ng
i
nconsi
derat
ei ndeali
ngwit
hallmen,becauseeveryspir
it
ualageandlevelhasitsown
i
nstr
uct
ioninthekingdom.Now,whatist
hef i
ft
hpoint?

2.Becausel
awwasspokenwhenGodwasangr
ywi
thman:

Lawi samani fest ati

onoft hewor dthatcameoutoft hemout hofGodi nangertoman.
SoGodcannotuset hatsamewor dtodealwi t
hmanwhom Henowl ov es,becausewe
arenowhi sbegot tensoni nwhom hei swel lpleased.Wheny ouar eget t
ingangrywi t
h
someonet ryandwr i
tey ourwishandpl anf orthatper sonandkeepi tsomewher e,now
gobackt othewor dandpi ckitwheny ouar ehappywi tht hatper son, t
hef ir
stthi
ngy ou
wil
ldoi stot eart hepaperandt hrowitaway .Thoughi tisy ourwor d,youhav ecancel ed
i
t.Thati sthesamewayGodt ornthelawandcancel edi twhenhebecomehappywi t
h
us.Wear eonceasl aveofGod,butnowwear enowasonofGod.Sot hesamel awor
wordt hatgui desasl avei nahousei snott hesamel aworwor dt hatgui desason,so
now thatwear easont heremustbeadi fferentwor dforus.Sol aw i sagainstt he
di
mensi onoft henat ureGodchoset ouset odealwi tht heNew Test amentbel ievers,
God hast or ejecti t
,canceli tand cr eateanot herone.Forser vant,whaty ou do
deter
mi nesy ouraccept ance,butf orusbi r
thi swhatdet ermi ned ouraccept ance.
Therefore,Lawwasgi venbyGodoutofhi sangerandhat r
edt owar dsman, sohewas
notkindwi tht hem atal l.Butgraceandt r
ut hwasgi v enwhenmenhadbeenf orgiven
andhav er i
ghtt obecomet hesonsofGod,goodnessandmer cynow begi ntof ollow
menal ltheday soft heirli
vesbecausetheLor disnowourshepher d,notourmast er.

Law isl ikether uley ougi vet oaper sony ouhat ewhoi sst ayingwi t
hy ouor
stayi
ngi ny ourcompound.Fori nstance,y ouknow how y out alkt oy ourchildoutof
anger,y ouspokeofwhaty ouwi l
ldot ohi m.Butl at
erwheny ouf orgiv
ehi m,y ou
discovert haty ouwi l
lnotbeabl et odot hatagai n.Younowl ookatt hatsameper son
withtheey esofl oveandt hekindofwor dt hatcomesoutofy ourmi ndwheny ouar e
speakingoutofl ov ewi llbedi f
fer entfrom wheny ouar espeaki ngoutofanger .Now,
Godhasspokenoutofangeruponmanki nd,hehassetr ulesoutofangerupon
manki nd,andt hatruleisl aw.Butiti sunfortunat ethatmenwhoar eundernewcov enant
oflawnowbegant odi gdeept ot hepastt oseeGodf r
om t hewayhedeal twit
hpeopl e
beforeChr ist.Whatki ndofi gnorancei st hat?Godhi mselfknowst hatmancannotobey
thelaw;heknowst hatnoonecanpassi t
.AndhowIwi shbl essingi sattachedt ot he
oney ouobey ,orAccor dingt ohowy ouobey , i
tcoul dhavebeenbet ter.ButGoddi ditin
suchawayt hatitisfailone, fai
lal l
.Hedi dlawi nsuchawayt hat99. 9holinessper cent
i
sf ail
.AndIasky ouBr ot herHoliness, cany oul iv
e100per centhol yont hisEarth?Why
arewedecei vingoursel f?Godt hatgi vest hel aw knew thatnomancanobeyi tbot h
undert
hegr
aceandundert
hel
aw.YourHol
i
nesspast
ormaynott
ell
yout
hatTr
uth.

Undergr acewear enotper f

ectwear eonl
ygr owi
ngintoper fecti
on,andwewi l
l
conti
nuet ogrow t i
lldeathcomesort i
llr apt
urecomes.Thewi l
lofGodi ntheOl d
Testamenti sthaty oufailthel
awsot haty oucanbepuni shed.BecauseHehat edman
wit
hpassi on.Whatacr uelGodt heoldtest amentwasdeal ingwi t
h,andwhatal ov
ely
Godwear edealingwi t
hnow.Sonooneunderol dt est
amentcanpasst helaw,ev en
Mosesf ai
ledthel aw,any onethatGodbl essedint heoldtestamentwasbl essednot
becauset heyobeyt helawbutbecauset heybr oughtanimalasasacr i
fi
cefortheirsi
ns.
Manwassocor rupttoast agethatevent heani mal
swer epurerthanmani nthesightof
God, becauseforani malst obeusedassacr i
fi
ceforthesinofman, itmeansani malis
purerthanman.

I
nthekingdom,y oudon'tusewhaty ouar ebet t
erthanassacr i
fi
cef orGod,i tis
somet hingbett
erthany outhatcanbeusedassacr if
iceforGod.Thati swhyi tisJesus
thathadt ocome.Thati swhyAbelsacr i
ficewasaccept edandCai nsacr ifi
cewas
rejected.BecauseAbelbr oughtwhatwashi gherthanhi m asasacr i
fice,whi l
eCai n
broughtwhatwasl owerthanhim assacrifice.How doIknow?Gett hismy sterysir
any thingthatisnotundert hecurseofGodi spur erandgr eaterthatwhati sundert he
cur seofGod.Thati swhyani malusedassacr i
fi
cebecausei nther eal
m oft hespi r
itthe
bloodofani malispurerthanthebloodofman.Theonl yanimalt hatisundert hrcur se
ofGodi ssnake,buttherestarepureandcl eananimalandamongt hosecl eanani mal
waswhatAbel broughttoGod.ButforCain,mani shigerthanany thingthatcomesf rom
thegr oundBecauseGodhascur sedthegroundandCai nnowbr oughtasacr if
icefrom
thef ruitofacurseland.Letmeshowi tt
oust hefactinthescriptureGenesi s3:17:

KJV:Andunt oAdam hesai

d,Becausethouhasthear
keneduntothevoiceoft
hy
wife,andhasteat enoft
hetree,ofwhi
chIcommandedt hee,sayi
ng,Thoushalt
noteatofi t
:cursedisthegroundfort
hysake;insorrowshaltt
houeatofitall
theday softhyli
fe;

SeehowCai
nnowbr
oughtsacr
if
icef
rom cur
sel
and.Genesi
s4:
3.

KJV:Andi
nprocessofti
meitcamet
opass,t
hatCai
nbr
oughtoft
hef
rui
toft
he
groundanof
fer
ingunt
otheLord.

Cany ouseet hemy st

erybehindther
ejecti
onofCai nof fer
ing,
anyt
hingf
rom theground
i
scur seal
readyandi tcanbeusedassacr i
fice.Cont r
arytohowthosepossesswi t
ht he
spir
itmammonpr eachi ti
nthechurchthatAbelbr oughtbigmoneyassacr i
fi
ce,whi l
e
Cainbroughtsmall.Foryoutoknowt hatal
lthi ssowingmoneyt oGodthinki
ngthatcan
makey outobeaccept ablebefor
eGodi sabi glie.I
nthenewt est
ament,youaregreater
thanmoney ,soyoucan'tusemoneyassacr i
ficeforGod, t
heonlythi
ngyoucanpr esent
toGODt hatHeaccept sasal i
vingsacrif
icei
sy ourbody( Rom 12: 1).Andhemakesi ta
l
ivingsacrif
icebecausehewast ousethebodyonEar th,hedoesnotwantdeadoft he
bodyt onow, thatiswhyhenowcal l
syourbodyal ivi
ngsacr i
fi
ce.Soi ti
snotamat terof
fi
rstfrui
tort i
the.Ev enthoughyoupayy ourti
theasl ongasy oukeepmal i
ceorbackbi te
someone, youar enotgoi ngtoreceiveanyopenheav en,becauseunderl aw,itisfai
lone,
fai
lall.Becauset heni tisnotyourtit
hingthatdetermi nesopenheav enbuti tistit
hing
coupledwi t
hy ourobedi encewithotherlaws.Youmustkeepal lthatiswr it
tenint he
bookoft helaw, lestyouwi l
lnotbeblessed.Cany ouseet hatlawwasspokenoutofhi s
angeruponmanki nd?SowhenGodchoset onowl ovet hewor ld,hehadt ochooset o
cancelhiswor danddemandofaccept ancehepl acedonmanwhenhegotangr ywith
us.AndGodi saGodofi nt
egri
ty,hedoesnotjokewi thhiswor d,andheal sodoesnot
j
okewi t
hus.Hi swor dhasbeenspokenandhecannotgobackt oheav enwi thout
ful
f i
l
li
ngHi spur pose.Andnoonecanobeyi t,sohehast ocomedownbyhi mselfand
ful
f i
l
lthelaw,thati swhyHesai dhedi dnotcomet oabol i
shthelawbutt ofulfi
lli
t.

I
nt hatbi bl
ev erse, hewast alki
ngabouthi msel f
.Forhi m,hecamet of ulfi
l
l,whil
e
forushecamet oabol ish.SoGodl oveshi swor dandHeal sol
ov eshiswor ldandone
mostgof orone, it
'seithert hewor ddiesf orthewor ldort heworlddiesf ort hewor di
tis
eit
herwedi ef orhiswor dorhi swor ddi ef orus.Hecher isheshiswor dmor ethanhis
nameandal socher i
shesusmor ethanHi sname.Af ter,thereisasi l
encei nheav enover
thi
smat ter.Itiseitherhesur rendershiswor df orthewor l
dorhesur r
ender sthewor l
d
forhi swor d.I seithert hewor dshouldcomet odi eorwedi eandt hewor dr emainin
heav en.Butf i
nal l
y,thedeci sionwasmadeandheav enopenedandsai df orGodsol ove
thewor l
dandhegav ehi sonl ybegot tenson( wor d)t odi eformanandwhosoev er
beli
ev ethatt hewor dhasbeensentt odi eforhi m,wi llnolongerper ish,buthav e
everlasti
ngl ife( John3: 16) .Becausewear edeadal readybutnoty etper i
sh,which
meanst her ealm ofper ishing,ishighert hant her ealm ofdeaddeat h.Becauset hereis
sti
llhopeofl i
feav ailablef ort hedead, butf ortheper i
shonenohopeagai nSot hesoul
ofmanwasst il
linther ealm ofdeadt hati set ernallif
ewasgi vensot hatwewi l
lnot
Perish.

Thati
swhywhatChr
istcamet
ogi
vei
sev
erl
ast
ingl
i
fe.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies18)
I
nthel
astser
ieswetal
kedaboutt
hef
if
thpoi
ntwhyGodf
oundf
aul
twi
tht
hel
aw.
Nowt
othesi
xthpoi
ntwhi
chis;

1.Lawgi
vesusawr
ongi
mpr
essi
onaboutGod

Itpai
ntsawr ongpi ctureaboutGodf orusandgi vesusawr ongi dentit
yabouthi m, and
thi
sthesamepi cturemanypast orsarepainti
ngGodt obef ort hei
rmember s.Lawgi ves
usani mpressi onofGodasamast erandpr esentusassl av es,butgracepr esentGod
tousasaf atherandpr esentusassons.Sot hei denti
tyt hatmanyhav eaboutGod
needst obef ormat tedint hisdispensati
on,andt hati st heassi gnmentGodgav et o
someofus,wear eintot heministryofformat i
ngpeopl e'sspi ri
tualmemor ycar dand
downloadanot hert eachingoft henew r eali
tyofournew cr eatur
ei nChr istJesus.
Becausewecan' tputanew wi nei nsi
det heoldbot tle( Mat t9:17).Thati s,ifyour
perspect
iveiswr ong, i
twi l
lbehar dforyoutounder standourmessages.Manyneedt o
castdownev eryhight houghtt hati sabovet heknowl edgeofChr istintheirli
ves( 2
Corin10:5).Chr i
stist hev er
sionoft heimageoft hei nv
isibleGod, t
hatGodwant sust o
knowi nthisdi spensat i
on.Hei st heauthorandf inisherofourknowl edge( Heb12: 2)
,
anyknowl edget hatIcannotgett oknowmor eaboutChr ist,aboutGod,Idon' tneedit
formyl i
fe.Butf ormanyofuswel ookatthewayGoddeal twi ththeIsraeli
tesandbegi n
touseittoexpl ainGod' sdealingwi t
hus.

IfIsraeli
tesmur muredint hewi l
dernessandbecauseoft hatt heydi edi nt he
wi l
dernessdoesnotmeansamet hi ngmusthappent omeasIj ourneyint hewi lderness
ofl i
fetomypr omiseland,i
fImur mur ;Iam ason,whi letheywer eser vants,Iam nota
sinneri nthehandofanangr yGod,Iam asai ntgrowingt oper fecti
oni nt hehandofa
l
ov ely,mer ciful
,andgr aci
ousGod.Ther el
ationshipbetweenmeandGodi snott he
relati
onshi pbet weenGodandAbr aham.Abr aham wasaf r
iend( James2: 23) ,Iam a
son, Godwi llnottel
lmet obecarry ingmyI saacf orsacri
fice, whenheknowsIwi l
lfail.
Godcanbet esti
nghisfri
endsandser vant,Goddoesnott esthi sson, Icarryhi sident it
y
already, HeknowswhatIwi lldoornotdo.* ThatiswhyGodwi l
lnotbr i
ngt omywayt he
tempt ationt hatgoesbey ondtheoneIcanbear( 1Cor i
n10: 13).ThatIam st andi ng
doesnotmeanIcan' tfall
,itonlymeansGodi skeepingmest anding.Idot el
lmy
heav enlydaddydon' tevent r
ytotestme,i fyout estmeIwi llfail
.Iknowmy self;forget
aboutpast or,Iam amanl i
keotherchr onicsinners.Butcomi ngt olaw,it'
st oomer cil
ess,
andpr esentsGodt obeamer ci
l
essGod.Seehow John1: 17expl ainedl aw i nliving
translati
on.

1.ForMosesgaveusLawwi
thit
srigi
ddemandsandmer
cil
essj
ust
ice,
whi
l
eJesus
Chri
stbr
oughtusl
ovi
ngf
orgi
veness.
Cany ouseel i
fe, soIasky oudoy ouwantt obeunderamer cil
esscov enantorundera
ki
ndcov enant?Youcannotr ecei
v emer cywheny ouar eundermer cil
essj udge,no
mat t
erhow y oucr y.Wedon' tent erthet hroneofgr acewi tht earsorsor r
ow l i
ke
somebodywhoj ustlosthi ssonorf at
her.Weent erwithbol dness,withouri nfi
rmi ti
es,
becauset hati swher eweobt ainmer cy(Heb4: 16).Wet hi
nkmer cyisbeingobt ai
ned
bycryingformer cy,sincerel
yIam j ustlaughingatAf r
icanPent ecostal
ism,t hewaywe
presentChr i
stiani t
yi stoof unny,v eryunscriptur
al,wet hinkourheav enlyfatheri san
emot i
onalper sonl i
keourcr uelearthlyfatherthatlaughsaty outodaywheny ouf ol
low
himt ot hef arm andcl earallbushf arm,butgetangr yaty out omor row wheny ou
choosenott of ollow himt ot hefar m.Ilaughedi nHebr ew.Ev ent hepr odigalsondi d
notcryaswedoi nAf ri
caf ormer cywhenher eali
zedhi ser r
or:evenwhenhet r
iedto
showr emor sef orhi swr ongbehav i
ourt ohisfather,hisfatherdidnotgi vehi m chance
toutteranywor d( Luke15: 11-32).

Ast heprodi galsonshowedupatt het hroneandpal aceofhi sfat her ,hi sfather
saw hi mf rom af arandst oodupf rom thet hr
onet owel comehi m wi thf riedr i
ce.And
kil
ledacowf orhi m( vs20- 23) .Butmanycannotpi ctur ethei rheav enlyf atherl ikethat
i
nst eadt heypi ctur ehiml i
keal lthisol duneducat edf atheri nourv il
lageswhomar ri
ed5
wiv esand40chi l
dr enofwhi chhet r
eatst hosechi ldr enany how.Nosi r!Thati sawr ong
pictureofGod,Godofnewt estamenti snott heonet hatknocksy ourheadatal lyour
wr ongdoi ng.I fy oudowr ong,hemaychast i
sey ouwi t
hhi sr i
ghthandanddr awy ou
closert opety ouwi thhi sl efthand( Heb13: 5-11) .Ify ouwantt oknow God,goand
studyar i
chmanwhowasbar r
enf ory earsandendupj usthav i
ngonl ychi l
d.Iwas
fortunat etoenj oyal ovelyear thlyf ather,becausemydadwai tedf orlongaf termar r
iage
bef orehecoul dhav eus, heal mostov erpamper eduswhenwewer egr owi ngup.Putus
i
nt hebestpr i
vateschoolasatear l
y90s.Iwasst illinmymot her'
swombwhenmy
daddyst ar t
edbuy ingmyschoolbagsandt extbooks.Youdar enott ouchmei nschool
asat eacher ,mydadcanar restt het eacherandpr opr i
etor,hewi lltelly out hathehas
paidf ort heCai n,t hatthati st her easonhedi dnotputhi schi ldreni nStMi chaelpubl i
c
primar yschool .Iam notsay ingt hist oencour agei t, butt oknowt hel evelhowGodcan
goov ery ourl i
fe.I fanear t
hlyf athercant r
ainhi schi ldrenwi thsuchl ov e,how much
mor ey ourheav enlyf ather.Myear t
hlyfat hercoul dnotdi ef ormewhenhewasal i
ve
despi t
et hismuchcar eIment i
onedabov e, butIhav eseenaf atherwhodi edf ormet hat
givesani mpr essiont hathewi l
ldomor ef ormet hanwhatmyear t
hlyf atherdi d.Ican't
forgetat imemydaddybeatme,andaf terf l
oggingmeIwentt obecr y i
ngal onei nmy
room, suddenl yIsawmydadagai ncomi ngt obegmeandheput#10i nmypocketand
toldmet hatIshoul dnotl etmymummyknow.Andbackt hen, #10wast het hi rdhighest
denomi nat i
on. How cany oubebl essingmeaf terf loggi ngme,Ican' ti magi nemy
heav enlyf atherdoi ngt hatt omeoo. .
.Becauseunderl aw, i
ti swhenIdogoodt hatGod
blessesme, butundergr acemydaddywr apped#10i nmypocketaf terf loggi ngme, the
#10isthedef ini
ti
onofundeser vedfavour
.Insteadofmor ecane,hegaveme#10.Idi d
notbegf ormer cy,Ididnotsaydaddyf orgiveme,Iwasj ustcryi
ngmyownandmy
daddycamet omeandbeggedme.Somecannoti maginethatGodcanbeghi m andpet
him,Ipraywecat chther evelati
onofGod'sl ov eforus.WhenGoddel iveredmef r
om
l
aw,thef i
rstthingGodpoi nt
edmet owast ost udyhowmuchmyear t
hlyf atherloved
andcaredf orme,soIal readyhadagoodpi ctureoffatherl
yloveandcare.SoIdi dnot
str
ugglet o see God like that .Because manywho do notenj oyearthlyf atherl
y
rel
ati
onship,aretheonepi cturingGodi nawr ongway ,thoughIam notconcl udingthat
tobetrueenough, butsomef alli
nthatcat
egor y.Godismor elovel
ysir
..
.

WhenIwasy oung, Ididn'tgot omyf atheronlywhenIneedsomet hi

ng,attimes, I
j
ustf eltli
kest ayingwi thhi m andbepl ayingwithfeedi
ngbot tl
eormyl ocaltoygameas
atthen.Samet oy ourheav enlyf ather,it
'snotonlywheny ouwantt oasksomet hingt hat
youseekhi sf aceorcomet ohi spr esence,youdon'tgot ohispresenceonlywheny ou
wantt opr aisehi m orpr ayt ohi m,Att imes,Idomor eofpl ayi
ngthanpr ay
ingi nhi s
presence, don'tbet oospi ritualsi r
, wear emenoft hespirital
so,iti
snotallthetimey ou
areshout ingf ir
e,f i
reallabout .Icanbei nGod'spresenceandbedoi ngmyWhat sApp
andbeFacebooki ng,andi nsidet heFacebook, Imayseesomeone' spostandt hatpost
willopenar ealm ofr evelationf orme.Mi ndyou,Ididnotgot oFacebookbecauseIam
l
ooki ngf orgodl ywr i
teupt oread, Iam theretoenjoymy selfandseewhati sgoingoni n
thewor ld,y eti n God' spr esence.So getar i
ghtpictureofGod becausei tr eall
y
determi nesy ourrelati
onshi pwi thhim.Seey oursel
fasifyouar etheonlysonofGod.As
i
fhei sthinkingofy oual one.Buti fy ouar eunderlawyougetwr ongpict
uresaboutGod,
youseey ourselfasasi nneri nt hehandofanangr yGod.
 Comi
ngToTheEndOfTheLaw (
Ser
ies19)
I
fyouhavebeenfol
l
owi
ngdeepl
yy ou'
l
ldi
scoverthatwehavebeendeali
ngwit
ht hefact
whyGodfoundfaul
twit
hthegoodandhol ylaw.Wehav etal
kedaboutsi
x( 6)points
al
ready
.Now,tot
he7thpoi
ntwhichisgoi
ngtobet helastpoi
ntasthespi
ri
tisleading
us;

1.BecauseGod'
swil
listodealwithmanbyf
ait
handnotbywor
ks:butf
orl
awi
t
requi
reswor
kbef
ore,ever
yblessi
ngoft
hel
awisti
edt
oworks.

Whi l
et hebl
essingofgraceist i
edtofaithandtheblessi ngt hatGodr el
easest
omani n
theNewTest amenti st
heonehegav et oAbraham nott heonehepr omisedMoses.The
blessi
ngHegav etoMosescanonl yber eceiv
edbywor ksofobedi ence,whil
ethe
blessi
ngHegav etoAbraham isrecei
vedbyf ai
thnotofwor k, l
estanymanshouldboost.
Lookatt hekindofthecovenantofAbr aham Godistalkingabout .Romans4: 2-
5:Wasit
becauseofhi sgooddeedst hatGodaccept edAbr aham?I fso,thenhewoul dhave
somet hingtoboastabout .Butfrom God’spointofv iewAbr aham hadnobasi satal
l
forpride.

3 Fort
heScr
ipt
urestel
lusAbr
aham bel
i
evedGod,andt
hati
swhyGodcancel
ed
hi
ssi
nsanddeclar
edhim“
notgui
l
ty.
”

4-
5Butdi dn’
theear nhisri
ghtt oheavenbyallt
hegoodt hingshedi d?No,f
orbeing
sav edisagi f
t;ifaper soncoul dearnitbybeinggood,t henitwouldn’
tbe
free—butitis!I
tisgiventot hosewhodonotwor kfori
t.ForGoddeclaressi
nner s
tobegoodi nhissightiftheyhavefai
thinChri
sttosavet hem fr
om God’swrath.
(Livingbi
ble)

Seet
hewayKJVt
hatwear
eusedt
oputi
t

2.KJV:Fori
fAbr
aham wer
ejust
if
iedbywor
ks,hehat
hwher
eoft
ogl
ory
;butnot
bef
oreGod.

3.KJV:Forwhatsai
ththescri
ptur
e?Abr
aham bel
i
evedGod,andi
twascount
ed
unt
ohimforri
ght
eousness.

4.KJV:
Nowt
ohi
mthatwor
ket
hist
her
ewar
dnotr
eckonedofgr
ace,
butofdebt
.

5.KJV:Buttohi
mt hatworket
hnot,butbel
i
evet
honhi
mthatj
ust
if
iet
htheungodl
y,
hi
sfait
hiscount
edf orr
ight
eousness.

CanyouseeAbr
aham'
sbl
essi
ngandMoses'
blessi
ngnow?Onei
sofwor
k,whi
l
eonei
s
off
ait
h.
 Abraham nev errecei vedanybl essi ngbecauseheobey ed,her eceivedev ery
blessingbecausehebel iev ed.Idon' tknowi fallthesebi blev ersesar enotinsomeso
calledlawpr eacher s'bi
blecl aimi ngtobehol inesspr eacher s.Thatt heykeepondr awi ng
ust oMosesi nsteadofAbr aham.UnderMosesy out it
heandwi ndowsofheav enopen;
ButunderAbr aham' sbl essi ng,wear eal readysi ttedwi thChr istinsidet heheav enly
places,soweopent hewi ndowsbyour sel ves,becauseAbr aham hadbeenser iously
andext r
emel ybl essedbef or eheencount eredMel chizedekandpai dt it
het ohi m.So
wisdom i sfort hoseout sidet heheav en;f ort hosei nside,Chr i
sthassetbef oreusan
opendoor( Rev3: 8).SoIdon' tneedopenheav en,Iam i nsideheav enlyplacesal ready.
Wakeupsi r
, wear enotundert hecov enantofwor kmadebl essi ngs, wear eundert he
cov enantoff aithmadebl essi ng.Nott hatf aithdoesnothav ewor ks,butt hewor kof
faithisnotint heener gyoft hef l
esh, i
tisi nt heener gyoft hespi rit.Becauset hewor dof
Godi snotpr i
mar il
ymeantt odo,i tispr imar il
ymeantt obel ieve.Thensecondar il
y
meantt odo,becauset hedoi ngi snotony ourside,i ti sonGod' ssi de,becausehei s
theoneatwor kmaki ngy out owi l
landt odo( Philip2: 13).Butt hebel ievi
ngisony our
side.OnceGodspeakshi si ntent i
onsi snott haty oushoul dgoandbeact i
ngoni t,his
i
nt enti
onsi sfirsttobeliev ei t.Iti swhent hewor di smi xedwi thf ai
tht hatitwilldoy ou
good.Sof orinstance, i
fGodsay sdon'tfor nicate,hisf i
r stintentioni sthaty oubel i
ev eit,
becauset odoi snoti ny ourcapabi li
ty.Themomenty oubel i
ev ei t
,justast hedar kness
obey edwhenGodsai dlett her ebel i
ght,al sot hel ustt of ornicat ewi l
lobeyi ny ouand
bowwhenGodsay sdon' tf ornicat e.Thel ustwi l
lobeyatt hewor doft heLor d.

The j oy oft he Ki ngdom i s notf ory ou t of l

ee for ni
cat i
on and t hen be
mast ur bati
ng,hewant st odealwi tht hel usti ny ou.Heal readyhast heintent i
ont o
suppl yy ouwi t
hst r
engt ht ol i
vewi t
houtf ornicat i
ng,sodon' tr elyont heener gyoft he
fl
esh.Soal lGodi sexpect i
ngf r
om y oui sj ustt obel iev
e, don'
tsaynoonecanl i
v eabov e
fornicat i
on,beingt hef actt hatf orni
cat i
oni sy ourweaknessdoesnotmeanot her sar e
notov ercomi ngit,itisonl ybecausey ouar enoti nl i
newi thgracet hatcanhel py ou.You
arest illtr
ustingint heener gyoft heflesh.Sov ictoryofmast urbationandf ornicat i
oni s
cer t
ain.SoGodj ustwant sy out obel i
ev ei nhi swor dandbel ievei nt hepr ovision
availabl efory out obeper fect,becausey oucandoal lthi
ngst hr
oughChr istt hat
stengt hensy ou( Phil
ip4: 13) .Unt i
lyoucomet ot heendofy our selfener gy,youcannot
begint oseet hemani festationofChr ist'
sener gy .Thebi blesaysbyf aithSar ahr ecei ved
strengt ht oconci eve( Heb11: 11).Sost r engt hcomesbyf aith.Soal sobyf aithy ou
receivest rengtht oov ercomemast urbation.Theki ngdom doesn' tcompensat ey ouf or
doingwhaty ouhav enotbeengi vent hegr acet odo,andhewi l
lnotcondemny ouf or
notdoi ngwhaty ouhav enotbeengi vent hegr acet odo.Gr acei sal if
e,wehav eit
already ,butwemustgr owi ngr aceandgr acemustgr owi nus.Sobecausewheny our
obedi encei snotmi xedwi thf aithandgr ace,i t'
snotr ecognizedi nheav enandi twi l
l
profity ounot hing.Hebr ews4: 2:
 2 Fort hi
swonderfulnews—themessaget hatGodwantstosaveus—hasbeen
giventousjustasitwastothosewholi
vedintheti
meofMoses.Buti
tdidn’
tdo
them anygoodbecausetheydidn’
tbel
i
eveit.Theydi
dn’
tmi
xitwit
hfai
th.(Li
vi
ng
bible)

Int heNewTest ament ,youbecomesi nneronl ywheny oudon' tbel iev e.Any thingt hat
i
snotoff aithi sasi n,y oucanbef astingandt hef ast i
ngi ssi nf ory ou,t oknow how
ser i
oust hemat teroff aithi s.You can bepr acticing zeal oushol i
nessand such
hol i
nesswi llbei rritat i
ngGod,becausewi thoutf aith,iti simpossi blet opl easeGod
(Heb11: 6) .Theyquot ewi thouthol i
nessnomancanseeGod,andbegi nt oemphasi ze
onhol iness.Theyf orgett hathowcany ouseeGodwheny oudon' tpl easehi m, y oucan
bebusywi thy ourhol inessandGodwi llbesay inghei snoti nterest edi nt hatki ndof
holiness,becausei twasnotmi xedwi thf ai
th.Teacht hef ait
hofourJesusChr istfirst
sirbef orey out eachhol iness,whent heyr ecei v
ef ait
h,t heywi llrecei v est rengt ht ol ive
bot hinwar dandout war dHol i
ness.Youdon' ttellacr ippledmant owal kwheny ouhav e
notgi venhi m st rengt h.Becauset her esul toff aithisdi vi
neabi lit
ycal l
edgr acet ol ive
abov eanyweaknessorsi n.Andwhent hegr acei sav ail
abley oucant eachHol i
nessas
amanhel pedbygr ace.Thati swheny oucant eachhol i
nessi naNewTest amentway .
Mi ndy ou, ther esul tmaynotcomei mmedi ately;Godi snotamagi ciant hati swhymany
ofusmakemi stake.Resul tofhol inessunderl aw comesi mmedi ately ,buti tdoesnot
l
ast ,itl eadst ohy pocr iticall i
fe,itleadst oout war dhol i
ness,buti nwar dl ysi nfull ife.But
undergr ace,i tisgr adual ly,itisgr owt h,t heseedofhol i
nessi sal r eadyi ny oubyf ait h,
you' l
lbef eedi ngy our sel fwi thr evelati
onalt eachi ngandy ouseey our sel fgr owi ng.Soi t
i
sbypat i
encesi r.Thebi blesay smenoft heol dt hroughf aithandpat iencei nher it
edt he
promi se( Heb6: 12) .Theybel ievedi nt hewor dandt heyst ay edbyi tpat ient lyand
becauseoft hatt heyi nher itedt hepr omi se.Checkt hr oughal lthewor dsofJesus,he
onlyr ebukedl ittl
ef aithandcommendedgr eatf aith.Jesusnev ercommendedany one
forhol i
nessi nHi sday sbecauseheknewt hatt heki ndofhol i
nessweneedt oi snott he
onedonebyf leshorwor ks,iti stheoneobt ai
nedbyhi sbl ood.Thewor stofsi nner s
undert hecanopyoft hebl oodi shol i
ert hant hemosthol ymanout si det hecanopyof
Chr istbl oodi nt hesi ghtofGod.Thecent uri
onmanhadmanysi nsi nhi sl ife, butJesus
nev ert alkedabouti t.Butbecauset hemancoul dhav efaith,her ecei vedt hepr omi se.
Jesusnev ert alkedaboutsi ntoZacchaeus, att heappear anceofJesusal one, hebegan
tosel lhispr osper ity,butJesusnev ert ol dhi m any thingofsuch.Justal low Jesust o
ent erpeopl e'sl if
e,JesusandJesusal onenotdoct rine,andy ouwi llseet hewonder s
thatwi llcomeoutofi twi thoutshout i
ngsi nandhel lf i
reabout .Yout hinkt oov ercome
sini sbyt eachi ngsi n,t oov ercomesi ni sbyt eachi nggr acesi r.Si ncey ouhav ebeen
teachi ngt hesi n,howmanychangesdoy ouseei nthel i
feofy ourmember sasapast or ?

Banj
oAy
eka,
Ineedt
oknowy
ourst
and,
arey
ousuppor
ti
ngsi
nandunhol
i
ness?God
for
bid.Iti
swheny ouar ereadingmywr i
teupwithreli
giousspiri
tthatyouwil
lthi
nkthat
,
whatIspeakagai nstisholinessdonei nt heenergyoff lesh,whilewhatIsupportis
holi
nessdoneundert heenergyofhisspi r
it
.Don'tt
eachpeopl etobedoi ngbysel
feffor
t
whaty ourecei
vebygr acet hr
oughf ait
h.Godi shelpingyoubyGr ace,butyoucannot
seeit,al
lyouar eseeingisy ourpri
ceanddet erminati
on,youbet terhumbleyour
self
,
becauseyouarefall
ingfrom Gracealready.Hmmm. ..comingt otheendofthelaw.Now
wehav ecomet otheendoft hisser
ies.

Seey
oui
nanot
herspi
ri
tual
syl
labus:
Ti
tl
e:"
Under
standi
ngTeachi
ngAndPr
ophet
icMi
nist
ry"

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