Daily Devotional
January 6
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. - Gal 5:14-15 (KJV)
This is an amazing truth, as all the commandments and rules of the Old Testament Law are fulfilled in this one commandment given by Jesus (Matthew 22:39), as well as many other places in the bible. If you look at each of the items in the Law given through Moses, you will find that they all will be accomplished by this one new commandment of Jesus. How many of us have gone to church and heard about what all we must do, to be saved and blessed by God? This is just not true, as Jesus brought us into a new covenant with God (Matthew 9:17) and it all hinges on our love of God and others. The Grace of God has brought us into this new covenant, and God no longer looks upon what we do, but how we love Him and others. The churches in a large part have missed this new covenant, and are still teaching what all we must do to be right with God. After all, God can’t use a dirty vessel – Wrong. God doesn’t have any other kind of vessel to use and He doesn’t look at our actions, but at our spirit, and He sees the righteousness of Jesus, and is happy with us. Am I saying we don’t need to live righteous? No way, as if you don’t want to live righteous out of love for God, then you weren’t truly born again (1 John 5:18), as God changes your “want to” when He comes to live in you. Also sin opens the door to the devil, and he will do a number on you if you let him.
Even though God is not looking at your actions (works of the law), you need to live holy, as He is holy (1 Peter 1:16). If you continue in sin, and let the devil have access to you, then you will reap the corruption that he brings, as he only comes to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10). By living in strife and contention, you open the door to the devil, and he has the right to cause all evil things to come to you (James 3:16). You don’t want to do that. If you will walk in the spirit, you will try your best to live like Jesus, as that is who you are in the spirit. Jesus was the perfect example of how the Father is, as He was God in the flesh (John 1:14), and He and the Father are one (John 10:30). Jesus was the best example of love that the world has ever seen, and He showed love to those that were rejected by the religious people, and labeled as sinners. He came to save the sinner, and not the righteous (Matthew 9:13). What a wonderful example of true God’s kind of love, and we need to try our best to live in love for each other, and for all the saved and unsaved in this world. Praise God for Jesus, and the grace He brought us!
Devotional by Pastor Joe W. Green, www.Infinite-Faith.com
**Daily Devotional**
**January 6**
*14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. - Gal 5:14-15 (KJV)*
This is an amazing truth, as all the commandments and rules of the Old Testament Law are fulfilled in this one commandment given by Jesus (Matthew 22:39), as well as many other places in the bible. If you look at each of the items in the Law given through Moses, you will find that they all will be accomplished by this one new commandment of Jesus. How many of us have gone to church and heard about what all we must do, to be saved and blessed by God? This is just not true, as Jesus brought us into a new covenant with God (Matthew 9:17) and it all hinges on our love of God and others. The Grace of God has brought us into this new covenant, and God no longer looks upon what we do, but how we love Him and others. The churches in a large part have missed this new covenant, and are still teaching what all we must do to be right with God. After all, God can’t use a dirty vessel – Wrong. God doesn’t have any other kind of vessel to use and He doesn’t look at our actions, but at our spirit, and He sees the righteousness of Jesus, and is happy with us. Am I saying we don’t need to live righteous? No way, as if you don’t want to live righteous out of love for God, then you weren’t truly born again (1 John 5:18), as God changes your “want to” when He comes to live in you. Also sin opens the door to the devil, and he will do a number on you if you let him.
Even though God is not looking at your actions (works of the law), you need to live holy, as He is holy (1 Peter 1:16). If you continue in sin, and let the devil have access to you, then you will reap the corruption that he brings, as he only comes to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10). By living in strife and contention, you open the door to the devil, and he has the right to cause all evil things to come to you (James 3:16). You don’t want to do that. If you will walk in the spirit, you will try your best to live like Jesus, as that is who you are in the spirit. Jesus was the perfect example of how the Father is, as He was God in the flesh (John 1:14), and He and the Father are one (John 10:30). Jesus was the best example of love that the world has ever seen, and He showed love to those that were rejected by the religious people, and labeled as sinners. He came to save the sinner, and not the righteous (Matthew 9:13). What a wonderful example of true God’s kind of love, and we need to try our best to live in love for each other, and for all the saved and unsaved in this world. Praise God for Jesus, and the grace He brought us!
Devotional by Pastor Joe W. Green, www.Infinite-Faith.com
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