Romans 8:3
"For what the law could not do,in that
it was weak through the flesh"
I don't have enough fingers and toes to count how many times a big semi has passed me, and the pull of the draft felt like it was going to suck me under it. I would check my speed and I was at 70 miles a hour and these big trucks and other vehicles as well, passed me like I was sitting still. Then I would say; "don't you people know the Law; the speed limit is 65 miles per hour?" Laws are lifeless words in statute books. They restrain only if power backs them up.
The same is true with God's commands. Fear of punishment or getting caught may check our actions. But it takes a stronger force than that to make us want to obey. That power comes from a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He has fulfilled the law perfectly. and by dying on the cross He paid the penalty for our breaking the law. God can now declare, "No condemnation!" As we yield to Jesus, He fulfills the law in and through us by His Spirit. And when we break it, His grace is available to restore and renew us.
The Law tells us exactly what God expects, and that drives us to our knees to ask for mercy. But Christ renews and empowers us by His spirit so that we desire all the more to live by His laws. AMEN!!
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister: Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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