Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The Law, Grace, and Christ
8:39 AM | 
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Jason |
The Law
Wait! The Law is not bad, the law is not wrong, and the law is holy, just, and righteous. The law at the same time makes my skin crawl. Judiciously, the law is perfect. The written law is good about pointing out my no goodness. The written law is a tutor, i.e., someone to guide me, stay in line, and point me to Christ. The Law Moses received on Mt. Sinai was given on tablets of stone. Tablets of stone or tablets of hearts is used in reference to man to describe the type of heart man obtains. Such as, the different hearts are two: One being a heart of stone and the other a heart of flesh. These two pictures are given in means of describing the law. If you have a heart of stone, then the law to you is lifeless. If you have a heart of flesh, then the law to you is life. If the law is not bad, and the law is not wrong, then why do we teach the law as bad and wrong? I think it’s a matter of the spirit, by the spirit we have clarity in revelation and clarity in truth. We subject ourselves to teaching of others and do not look into the heart to find the spirit's interpretation.
Moving forward, the law is a loose Greek interpretation of the word "torah" in Hebrew, which means "teaching." The Greeks give the interpretation of the word "nomas" which means "law" the word is legalized lawyer talk. This was not God's intention for the "commands" or "mitzvoth." Torah or teaching then is a way of living life and thus being called a heart of flesh and living. The Law as we know it will never be understood unless you see its intent through the eyes of Grace and the life of Christ.
Grace
Take a deep breath, this taste good! Grace is God's undeserved favor a gift that you cannot earn, work, or achieve by action. Soak this in for a moment; if you cannot earn something from God, then His gift to you is free. What is so hard about grace? Grace doesn't leave room for improvement, because you cannot improve on perfection. Grace is perfect, it will leave no stone unturned in your life and it will never be taken from you once received. Notice I wrote, received. God's unconditional love is fueled by His unending vat of grace. John Mark Macmillan's lyric in the song "He loves Us” sings "...if grace is an ocean, we're all sinking...” The Law doesn't mix with grace, or does it? Or is the law grace? The law was received by Moses from God on tablets of stone, yet Moses by grace saw God face to face and lived. The spoken commands over the people of Israel from Sinai were not a set of rules and regulations for an enslaved people, but a way of life for a bride.
This marriage picture displayed at Sinai, takes an imperfect bride and gives them a means of living by which perfection is obtained through dependency. We in our culture today love the stories of the damsel in distress that are rescued by their hero, and thus live their life in the safe arms of a husband. This is not a new way of seeing our union with God; the Sinai picture is this rescuing of a people who were less than perfect and creates a perfect marriage. This giving of a perfect union is a gift of God, thus making a perfect grace. Grace open's the eyes of the blind and makes the poor rich; it feeds the hungry and gives drink to the parched. Do you see the picture of grace in the law yet? O.k. let's take it to the next step and wake up the senses about the law and grace by looking to Christ.
Christ
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