JESUS CHRIST:      The Foundation of Our Faith      THE LAW & CURSES                     vs.      FAITH & BLESSINGS        Grace by faith is a subject that is repeated over and over again in each church      epistle in the New Testament of God's Word. God wants this clear: You are beloved,      you are saved by faith, it is grace, a gift of God, you are delivered from the bondage      of The Law unto right standing with God. You ARE righteous and justified, not by the      works you do or don't do, but by the grace of God. When we chose life in Christ, we      received a free gift and we were blessed beyond measure!      In case we missed it, in Galatians, God puts this another way: Were you saved by the      works of the Law or after you heard the Word in faith? Can you perfect yourself by the      works of the Law? No? If you want to live under the Law, then cursed is everyone who      does not continue to live by The Law.        Galatians 3:2           This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit           by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?        BY THE HEARING OF FAITH.             3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are           ye now made perfect by the flesh?        NO.             4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet           in vain.        Have you forgotten what it is like to be under the bondage of the Law? Have you forgotten      the freedom you have enjoyed in Jesus Christ and the truth of the gospel?             5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and           worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works           of the law, or by the hearing of faith?        If you think you have to be some perfect spiritual guru or top leader in your      fellowship or church group to be able to perform miracles, you have put yourself      under The Law. People who lead others into the baptism of the holy spirit, who lead others      to speak in tongues and manifest the power of God, do it by faith after they hear the Word.   We do not "earn the right" to be a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ by perfecting the flesh, by living under the law. We are ministers of the Lord by faith and faith alone.             6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted           to him for righteousness.            7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same           are the children of Abraham.            8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the           heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto           Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.           9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.        We are saved by grace through faith. We are blessed like Abraham. God promised Abraham      many blessings of prosperity, abundance, peace, His presence and more. We are blessed!              10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse:           for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things           which are written in the book of the law to do them.        If you have ever tried to perform perfectly for someone else's approval of you, you       know what a curse it becomes to keep it up. It becomes a shackle. But this is not      what God is referring to. The Law specifically states that if any do not continue to      live under the Law, different curses of lack, illness, and destruction would come upon you.      Since we have been delivered from the curses of the Law, why would we willingly subject      ourselves to them ever again?      It does not take a brain surgeon to see the differences between these two different      choices and which would be the better way to live! Yet, we as humans still need      reminded, "Dear, you did not get saved by the works of the Law, you cannot perfect      your flesh and do miracles by the law, and even if you could, you would be cursed      because no one can keep it up perfectly anyway!"             11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God,           it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.           12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall           live in them.            13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made           a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth           on a tree:           14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles           through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the           Spirit through faith.        God be thanked and praised for His love and blessings through the faith of Christ! We are      redeemed from the curse of the Law! Let's not try to go back and suffer under the Law again!      Amen.        -Carol Kenreigh

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