THE LAW KILLS - ALBERT ELISHA OBERDORFER - SAMPLE
If you allow the law to intrude into your life, it is a serious matter. It will take away your joy in the Lord. It will make you grumpy and miserable. It will affect you profoundly. First, within, and then, in turn, everyone you are in touch with around you. But why does the law—for a believer—have such a profound negative effect? Simply because we were not meant to live by the law. Putting believers under the law is a severe offense in the Kingdom of God. It is to be resisted at all costs. Because it promotes self-effort. And with it, either pride or condemnation. As Spirit-filled believers, we are meant to live a life led by the Spirit. “The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life,” Paul writes. We are to live the Romans chapter 8 life. Not the Romans chapter 7 life, which is inevitable when we come under the law. Read the revelation knowledge in this book with an open heart and ask the Holy Spirit to quicken to you these things of the Spirit. So you may gain a heightened awareness of the law, and how to stay away from it. So the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus can take you to places in Christ that are your rightful spiritual inheritance.
If you allow the law to intrude into your life, it is a serious matter.
It will take away your joy in the Lord.
It will make you grumpy and miserable.
It will affect you profoundly.
First, within, and then, in turn, everyone you are in touch with around you.
But why does the law—for a believer—have such a profound negative effect?
Simply because we were not meant to live by the law.
Putting believers under the law is a severe offense in the Kingdom of God.
It is to be resisted at all costs.
Because it promotes self-effort.
And with it, either pride or condemnation.
As Spirit-filled believers, we are meant to live a life led by the Spirit.
“The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life,” Paul writes.
We are to live the Romans chapter 8 life.
Not the Romans chapter 7 life, which is inevitable when we come under the law.
Read the revelation knowledge in this book with an open heart and ask the Holy Spirit to quicken to you these things of the Spirit.
So you may gain a heightened awareness of the law, and how to stay away from it.
So the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus can take you to places in Christ that are your rightful spiritual inheritance.
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“The man who does those things shall live<br />
by them.’ (Romans 10:5, Leviticus 18:5)<br />
But you are gravely mistaken if you<br />
think that you can get life through the<br />
law.<br />
Through your own obedience.<br />
Then you have missed the gospel of Jesus.<br />
If we are in Christ, then Christ’s<br />
righteousness is imputed to us.<br />
But not only His righteousness but also<br />
His obedience.<br />
Paul says, “by one Man’s obedience many<br />
will be made righteous” (Romans 5:19).<br />
Take note: by one Man’s obedience!<br />
And who is that One?<br />
It is our Lord Jesus Christ.<br />
The Holy One of God.<br />
There is no one like Jesus.<br />
You may search for all eternity long, but<br />
you won’t find another Jesus.<br />
But the lawyer still gave it another shot.<br />
He wanted to justify himself.<br />
So he asked a follow-up question.<br />
“And who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:29)<br />
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