Daily Bread – January 15, 2022 (The Seventh Day – Genesis 2:1-3) Romans 3:31 – Do we invalidate, then, the law through faith? No way! On the contrary, we establish it. The Law of God is just good and holy, and is only an offense and burdensome to the evildoers (Romans 7:12; James 4:11; 1 Timothy 1:9). Even though righteousness could not come into the heart of mankind by the law, the law still expressed the nature and will of Father’s eternal Kingdom (Galatians 3:21). Those who would somehow think that faith in Christ Jesus removed all obligation to live a holy and pure life have simply twisted the whole concept of faith into that which is contrary to the purposes of God (1 Peter 1:15; Leviticus 20:26; Philippians 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:11; Ephesians 5:9; Titus 1:16; 2 Peter 1:9-10). Jesus made us fit to live in the presence of God and in His eternal Kingdom of righteousness and holiness. He removed the sin that separated us from the presence of God, so we would be empowered to grow and develop in the presence of the Almighty. Now that the work of grace has created a new heart, we are taught by God to live righteously, godly, and soberly in this world (Titus 2:11-12; 1 John 2:27,29; 1 Thessalonians 4:9). Because we are born of the Spirit and are walking in the Spirit, we now do those things contained in the law by nature and not by obligation (Romans 8:3; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Hebrews 8:10, 10:16). The righteousness of the law is not obtained, but given as a free gift through the new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Ephesians 4:24); and in and through the operation of the power of God in our lives, we both walk and learn to walk in the ways that please the Father. What faith does is to produce a miracle wherein we are able to see ourselves as the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 3:9; Romans 10:6,8, 9:30, 1:17, 3:22; Luke 1:74-75). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 1/15/2022
