Breaking Free

The Christian life is a life of faith. . . . Faith in what? . . . Faith in the promise of Christ that you are accepted not on the basis of how good you are, but on the basis of how good He is. Now listen: Every once in a while you need to check the law of the Bible because it reflects God’s will. When Jesus said He had not come to destroy the law but to fulfill it, He meant that He had come to give His people the power to live by God’s law (which is still the best way to live), AND forgiveness when they didn’t. The law (not the laws we create) is a good measurement. He wants you to check it not so you can see how bad you are doing, but so you can see how well you are doing by His grace.