A Law System Cannot Bring Us Life (TMF:1609)

Thursday, May 13, 2021
Peace to Live By: A Law System Cannot Bring Us Life (TMF:1609) - Daniel Litton
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       It’s also true that we may try to live under a law system of our own creation, passing on living by grace. And we can try to deal with sin in this same way. Have you ever noticed that trying to keep a law, putting a lot of effort into obeying laws we make, that that usually doesn’t give us the result that we want? We can try really hard to be obedient to God, but oftentimes it doesn’t produce the results that we desire. We still find ourselves struggling. And why is this? It is because, again, a law system cannot bring us life. Paul told the Colossian believers: “why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations—“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh” (Colossians 2:20-23, ESV).