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Wednesday,
February 24, 2010
Simple Liberty
Galatians 5:1-3 Stand fast therefore in
the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage. (2) Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be
circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. (3) For I testify again to
every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. (KJV)
Traditions, rudiments of the world,
doctrines of man, oh how we are surrounded with so many opinions, and yet
with that in mind why do so few of God’s people go to the Word and settle
it for themselves? Yeah I say few, because no matter how the works and the
bondage of the old law manifests, whether circumcisions or baptisms, it
takes you out of the realm of grace and back into the fallen realm of
works, which really doesn’t work at all.
Galatians 5:4-6 Christ is become of no
effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen
from grace. (5) For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of
righteousness by faith. (6) For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision
availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (KJV)
So simple; faith, a simple faith in what
our Lord did for us, not what we think we need to do that we think would
ever impress Him, total nonsense. Faith, simple faith, that’s it folks,
because without faith you cannot please and never will be able to please
God, period. But hey, had you taken the time in the Word rather than just
taking someone else’s word for it then you would know that. I mean after
all we are talking about our eternal destination where we will actually be
spending our eternity, and if we are not with Him today then don’t expect
to be with Him forever.
Hebrews 6:1-6 Therefore leaving the
principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not
laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith
toward God, (2) Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and
of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. (3) And this will we
do, if God permit. (4) For it is impossible for those who were once
enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers
of the Holy Ghost, (5) And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers
of the world to come, (6) If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto
repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and
put him to an open shame. (KJV)
Please take note of this fact, that those
that still hold to these old traditional ways of what they think is serving
the Lord have actually already fallen away as we just saw illustrated in
Galatians 5:4. That word ‘if’ that you see in verse 6:6 of Hebrews is
actually an added word; so simply put, those that are still partaking of
these works have fallen away already, and are actually crucifying the
doctrine of Christ all over again. Ouch.
Galatians 5:7-8 Ye did run well; who did
hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? (8) This persuasion cometh
not of him that calleth you. (KJV)
Is there a tradition or doctrine that you
have allowed to sneak by you, something that is hindering your growth? Just
as simple as the doctrine of Christ is, you will find that the cheap lie that
the enemy threw your way is simple to see through as well if you open your
heart to the truth.
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