Law and Grace (Part 2)

Last time I explained how the law and Grace could be similar but yet different; this similarity has confused people and even Believers over the years to think the era of the law was just a time without Jesus, while the era of Grace is an era with Jesus; in other words, for most people the only difference between the era of the law and Grace is just the presence of Jesus alone. To them, nothing else changed, but a lot has changed because there was a close of an era and the opening the opening of a brand new era which is very different from the old even though there could be similarities but how you live one differs completely from the other. As it is put in Hebrews 8:13 which says, “By calling this covenant “new”, he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and ageing will soon disappear.”. (NIV).

Now because Jesus met all the recommendations of a perfect man, God raised Him up above every name that exist and would ever exist, having all authority in heaven, earth and under the earth [ref. Philippians 2:9-11; Ephesians 1:21; Acts 2:33]. This was what Jesus got as a man, so anyone who wants to live like Jesus should drop their old Spirit and take up the Spirit of Jesus by accepting Him as their Lord and Saviour [ref. Romans 8:9; 2 Corinthians 5:17]. Spiritually when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour we immediately get ‘a tag’ named ‘Jesus’; with this, when God sees us, He sees Jesus and not us; this brings me to the meaning of Grace [ref. 1 Corinthians 6:20; 7:23; Galatians 3:13-14; 1 Peter 1:18-21].

The law was given when man was in bondage, but now Jesus has direct control and command of the entire universe which supersedes the law [ref. Romans 7:6; 2 Corinthians 3:6] Since we have accepted Him, we have now become joint heirs with Him having the same control and command of the entire universe, this is Grace! [ref. Romans 8:17]. We didn’t work for it; we just believed Jesus and made Him Lord of our lives [ref. Romans 4:1-5].

Now, through the law you were assumed righteous but not righteous and through your effort; while through Grace you are made righteous by believing [ref. Hebrews 9:13; 10:1-4]. Our Spirit was saved, not our soul and body, so we need to connect our soul to the Spirit which in turn controls the body. This is done by studying the manual, and what is the manual? The bible! The bible explains who we really are and the control we have in the universe; so as we read and study the scriptures, the Holy Spirit helps us interpret it which enables us to live it [ref. Romans 12:1-2]. So, grace understands it is not in a day that we live the life of the Spirit since the other life has a Spiritual force that tries to take us back. So it is how much time we dedicate to our new Spirit that makes us get to perfection on time.

We are not living the life of sin anymore even though we falter a times, we now live the Spirit life; we are like a child who is learning how to walk. The child’s intention is to walk and not fall; even though he fall a couple of times it was his body not getting used to the walking and not him not walking. This is different from the law, we didn’t have the ability to walk, but the law forced us to do what we didn’t have the ability of doing.

To further buttress my point, the first covenant having the law has been superseded by the power and authority of Jesus through Grace, so when we get the perfect Spirit, we don’t go to the former which has been superseded, instead we go to the present and eternal which is Grace who is Jesus. Grace is given to us as we believe through faith.

So, faith is living the supernatural life as a regular life and not forcing ourselves to achieve it. It’s in you, this is achievable because of the everlasting love Jesus has towards us; this is the gospel truth.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from King James Version (KJV)