The Practice Of Faith

Romans 6:14

"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for

ye are not under the law, but under grace."

       "In this world there is an eternal battle between sin and God; choose your side."  We are faced with the tremendous alternative of making ourselves weapons in the hand of God or weapons in the hand of sin. Some man may well say: "Such a choice is too much for me. I am bound to fail." Paul gives us the answer to our dilemma. "Don't be discouraged and don't be despairing; sin will not lord over you." Why? Because we are no longer under law but under grace. Why should that make all the difference? Because we are no longer trying to satisfy the demands of law but are trying to be worthy of the gifts of love. We are no longer regarding God as the stern judge; we are regarding him as the lover of the souls of men. There is no inspiration in all the world like love. Who ever went out from the presence of his loved one without the burning desire to be a better person?

        The Christian life is not a burden to be borne; it is a privilege to be lived up to. "It is not restraint but inspiration which liberates from sin; not Mount Sinai but Mount Calvary which makes saints." Many a man has been saved from sin, not because of the regulations of the law, but because he could not bear to hurt or grieve or disappoint someone whom he loved and someone who, he knew, loved him. At best, the law restrains a man through fear; but love redeems him by inspiring him to be better than his best. The inspiration of the Christian comes, not from the fear of what God will do to him, but from the inspiration of what God has done for him. "Gave His Son, Jesus Christ, For Our Sins!"

        Amen!!

Reading: (Rom. 6:1-23)

May God Bless You 

And Your Families 

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life ministry