There is a big difference between living in religion and a
relationship with Christ. By the standards of the law we are deserving of death.
Religion says we don’t measure up and its true, because we have sinned and gone
against God’s commandments. Throughout the book of Galatians though, Paul tells
us, in Christ we are justified by faith and not by works. As Christians we have
been washed by the blood of Jesus and can now live in right relationship with a
holy God. So, what is your response? If we have been clothed with Christ, we
don’t always know what the future holds but only who holds it, we can step out
in faith and walk into the promises He has for us. Unlike the Israelites who
knew God, they still choose to stay in their ‘religion’, not trusting God and
looking to their circumstances instead of what God had called them to. There is
no freedom is religion but complete freedom in a relationship with Jesus. What
is God calling you to today? - Ben Peters
Verse For The Week
Galatians 2:16 (NIV)
16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in[a] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
