Go Beyond Legalism
DAILY VITAMIN - Go Beyond Legalism "This Good News tells us that God makes us ready for heaven—makes us right in God’s sight—when we put our faith and trust in Christ to save us. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scripture says it, “The man who finds life will find it through trusting God.” (Romans 1:17 TLB) We are saved primarily because we trust Christ to save us- and through this trust established a union that helps us become more like Him, and not because we keep laws. But many think otherwise. Galatians 3 tells us that the Ten Commandments were given to Moses only to guide a man away from his frailties until the better way for a permanent transformation came; and that way is fulfilled through faith in Christ (v.19-22). Remember, He said His grace saved us in believing, and not our own efforts (Eph 2:8), and that all such laws and our pietous observance of them truly brought was a sense of pride and self-righteousness (Col 2:21-23). I