Hide God's Word In Your Heart
Tim Melton
Psalm 119: 9
In the western church today those who proclaim to follow Christ are often not very different from those who do not attend church. It seems that we have adopted the same goals, dreams, plans, priorities and desires as the world. We have been called out to be a holy people, a set apart people, but instead we resemble those who don't know Christ. We have gladly embraced the truth of God's love but we have divorced the truth of God's law. Both have their place in the Christian life.
In the book of Galatians the Apostle Paul tells how we are free from the law. That is true. God's law no longer has the power to bring us fear, judgment and condemnation. Through faith we have been reconciled to God. We are free. We are now motivated by love and grace and indebted to God for His goodness to us. But that does not mean that God's law, has no role to play in the Christian life. Christianity is more than just having our hearts warmed by inspiring verses and getting caught up in the emotion of music. A call to follow Christ is a call to holiness and God's law shows us the way of holiness.
Christianity is not all love with no law. It is not praying and then following whatever feeling or impression that you have without submitting our thoughts and desires to biblical truths. The law is still our guide. We are no longer under law, we are under grace, but law still points us towards holiness even though the motivation and power to obey it are driven by love. It is not a sloppy love which follows, impulsive emotional impression. There is still a holy order in the midst of loving God and loving our neighbor.
This importance of drawing near to God's law is referred to throughout Psalm 119. In this Psalm there are various terms that are synonymous with the phrase the ''Word of God'': Statutes, laws, rules, testimonies, precepts, commandments, judgments and ordinances. In the Christian life there is still a place for ...
Tim Melton
Psalm 119: 9
In the western church today those who proclaim to follow Christ are often not very different from those who do not attend church. It seems that we have adopted the same goals, dreams, plans, priorities and desires as the world. We have been called out to be a holy people, a set apart people, but instead we resemble those who don't know Christ. We have gladly embraced the truth of God's love but we have divorced the truth of God's law. Both have their place in the Christian life.
In the book of Galatians the Apostle Paul tells how we are free from the law. That is true. God's law no longer has the power to bring us fear, judgment and condemnation. Through faith we have been reconciled to God. We are free. We are now motivated by love and grace and indebted to God for His goodness to us. But that does not mean that God's law, has no role to play in the Christian life. Christianity is more than just having our hearts warmed by inspiring verses and getting caught up in the emotion of music. A call to follow Christ is a call to holiness and God's law shows us the way of holiness.
Christianity is not all love with no law. It is not praying and then following whatever feeling or impression that you have without submitting our thoughts and desires to biblical truths. The law is still our guide. We are no longer under law, we are under grace, but law still points us towards holiness even though the motivation and power to obey it are driven by love. It is not a sloppy love which follows, impulsive emotional impression. There is still a holy order in the midst of loving God and loving our neighbor.
This importance of drawing near to God's law is referred to throughout Psalm 119. In this Psalm there are various terms that are synonymous with the phrase the ''Word of God'': Statutes, laws, rules, testimonies, precepts, commandments, judgments and ordinances. In the Christian life there is still a place for ...
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