{"id":1153,"date":"2009-11-11T16:46:38","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T14:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/blog\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2009-11-11T16:50:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T14:50:10","slug":"law-grace-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/?p=1153","title":{"rendered":"Law & Grace – Part 1."},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years ago, I read the book \u201cWhat\u2019s so amazing about Grace?\u201d<\/em><\/strong> by Philip Yancey and it completely changed my life and my ministry.\u00a0\u00a0 All this happened even in the first half of the book before sowing it to another pastor.\u00a0 A few months ago I bought myself another copy and will read it from the start with a fresh perspective and understanding.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During our Tent Crusade in September, one of our Partners ministered on the subject of Grace<\/span><\/em><\/strong> and once again it stirred something in my spirit and soul.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0As children of God we know that two of the most important words in the New Testament are Faith <\/strong>and Grace,<\/strong> and you can only receive the latter through the former.\u00a0 When the knowledge and understanding of these two aspects in our local church were tested, the results (somewhat shocking) showed that almost everybody don\u2019t have a clue of even the basic meaning of these two words according to the Word.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Through regular postings on this website, I intend to reveal the depths and true meaning of these two words according to the Word and what the Spirit of God will open up to us.\u00a0 It is completely not my intention to say that I know everything about the subject, but just the other day I heard a proverb that goes more or less like this: \u00a0\u201cThe teacher teaches while learning himself\u201d<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n

First of all, you will never receive (nor understand) Grace without Faith!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Faith grows from the Word of God in the same manner as a plant grows from its seed in the ground!\u00a0 And Faith without Grace is impossible. These two goes hand in hand \u2013 like Sodium & Chlorite. \u00a0Each one separately is very dangerous and toxic for human beings, but it is the most basic necessary ingredient in our diets when combined as Sodium chlorite \u2013 which is ordinary salt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We need to look at these two words from the perspective of the whole Word of God because God reveals Himself and His final plan of redemption throughout the entire Word.\u00a0 The God of the Old Testament is still the same God of the New Testament.\u00a0 He did not change His mind concerning mankind.\u00a0 He had the same plan even before He created the earth and Adam. \u00a0So, when we think about it this way, why in the world did He reveal Himself as the ferocious God of fire and thunder and with all His strict laws to His beloved people?\u00a0 There is a reason behind this all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We clearly see the history of Israel unfold when God delivers His people from Egypt through miracles and wonders. He then sets them up in the wilderness and gives them His Laws – a complete set of principles (approximately 2700 of them) with specific standards for spiritual, moral, hygienic and social behavior.\u00a0 The intention of the law of God for His people was to protect them from themselves and to set them apart from any other nation.\u00a0 \u00a0It also provided a form of grace and forgiveness (temporary) through the blood offerings according to the law.\u00a0 From this history, we also see how strict the application of the law was, in the sense that even innocent family members were stoned to death due to the misconduct of the father of the household.\u00a0<\/p>\n