If God be for us who can be against us? Romans 8:31. So who
is against us? The obvious answer there is Satan. But that’s too easy. It’s a text book answer. He may tempt us but we are the one who gives in. So who is against us? I suggest to you that it ourselves. John 12:47 Christ
said, “I came not to judge the world but to save the world. … the word I have
spoken the same shall judge you.”
I originally thought that Heavenly Father judges us because Christ
also said He has only spoken that which the Father commanded. Now I understand
that the Father does not judge us either. The word he commanded Christ to speak
are the law – it’s just the way things are – like the law of gravity. The law
is neither good nor bad. It is just the way things are. You drop something and
it falls. It doesn’t matter if you intended for it to drop or not it falls. So
we were given commandments to help us follow the laws. The law says, thou shall
not bear false witness. You lie and you break trust that is the law. When even your
own mother who gave you life and loves you with all your flaws, learns that you
lie she is hesitant about trusting you. So when we break the commandments we
sin against ourselves – as a result we suffer the consequences. It’s not always
the instant. You touch a flame you get burnt. Instant consequences, but if you
smoke, eat the wrong things, or etc. it takes years before the consequences
catches up with us.
Christ came to redeem us from the laws we break. We do have to face the consequences of our sin (repent, ask for forgiveness) but Christ pays the fine.
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