Yesterday in Part 3, I have dealt with the forgiveness of sins.
I want to stress the point again – you have received the forgiveness of sins. You don’t have to ask for it! Forgiveness of all sins in the world has already been given on the day Jesus died on the cross. He is not giving out grace and forgiveness on a daily basis! He completed the task by shedding His blood once for all. (Study Hebr 9).
- The moment you accept Jesus Christ and His redemptive work on the Cross through faith, this wonderful gift of grace and forgiveness of sins will be released in your live.
In Part 4, I want to deal with a very sensitive aspect and that is:
- We nullify the redemptive work of Christ and the grace of God in our lives by replacing the Law of Moses with a new set of church laws and rules.
- One example is where people still want to keep the Sabbath according to the Law.
First of all, I want to concur with the fact that the Church does need some rules and regulations in order to administer and lead, because the ministry of the Gospel could end up in chaos without any rules and guidelines. The essence of these rules should be to provide guidelines and strategy and not to rule over people or to exclude them from the Gospel or keep them from salvation.
In the book of Hosea, the Lord spoke the following prophecy:
- My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. (Hos 4:6)
These were very harsh words and unpopular promises of God to His people and it is also evident that it is impossible to keep the Law – each and every one of the more than 2500 of them. Test this with yourself and see if you can (more…)
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