Jesus coming to earth was the fulfillment of many prophecies before His time. God gave the law through Moses and the people could not keep it, so He sent Jesus to fill in the gap. Jesus changed everything! He fulfilled the law perfectly without sinning and became the sacrifice for all. But since His coming we do not follow the law the same way.
Before He came, the law of Moses was our only standard of Christian living, but Jesus took things even further. He told us that not only are we to follow the law in what we do, but even down to what we think. He says that it is what is in our hearts that matters just as much as what we actually act out. If you thought the law was difficult to follow, this is impossible!
Fear not. Jesus gave us a way to succeed and follow the law even in our heart. He has given us His Spirit who changes us through relationship. When we get to know Jesus, we are transformed into His image and our desires change thorough the power of His Spirit. No longer will we suffer with maintaining the law because our entire hearts change just by knowing Him. Get to know Jesus today.
Jeremiah 31:33 "This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time," declares the Lord. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. " (NIV)
Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. (NIV)
Matthew 5:28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (NIV)
Matthew 5:21-22 You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.’ But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell. (NLT)
2 Corinthians 3:18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord--who is the Spirit--makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image. (NLT)
Romans 8:1-5 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (NIV)
Before He came, the law of Moses was our only standard of Christian living, but Jesus took things even further. He told us that not only are we to follow the law in what we do, but even down to what we think. He says that it is what is in our hearts that matters just as much as what we actually act out. If you thought the law was difficult to follow, this is impossible!
Fear not. Jesus gave us a way to succeed and follow the law even in our heart. He has given us His Spirit who changes us through relationship. When we get to know Jesus, we are transformed into His image and our desires change thorough the power of His Spirit. No longer will we suffer with maintaining the law because our entire hearts change just by knowing Him. Get to know Jesus today.
Jeremiah 31:33 "This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time," declares the Lord. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. " (NIV)
Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. (NIV)
Matthew 5:28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (NIV)
Matthew 5:21-22 You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.’ But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell. (NLT)
2 Corinthians 3:18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord--who is the Spirit--makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image. (NLT)
Romans 8:1-5 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (NIV)
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