வேதாகமத் தியானம் - எண்:- 1,456
Scripture Meditation - No. 1,456
AATHAVAN 💚
February 02, 2025 💚
Sunday
"For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God." (Hebrews 7:19, KJV)
As human beings, God desires that we live in a manner pleasing to Him and ultimately attain eternal life, which is everlasting. For this purpose, He gave various commandments through Moses to guide humanity. These are what we refer to as the commandments of the law.
However, the commandments of the Old Testament law, given by God, could not perfect humanity or make them acceptable to God. This is precisely what today’s meditation verse states: "For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God." In other words, it is not the commandments of the law but our faith in Christ Jesus that sets us free and brings us to God.
The commandments of the law reveal what is sin and what is not, but they cannot deliver us from sin. To address this, Christ established a new covenant through His blood. For this very purpose, He came to earth as a man. As we read in the book of Romans: "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh." (Romans 8:3, KJV)
Yes, dear friends, we must not consider the salvation Christ has graciously provided as something trivial. If the commandments of the law were sufficient, then Christ’s suffering and death would have been in vain. The apostle Paul says, "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." (Galatians 2:21, KJV)
The law produces self-righteousness, but faith in Christ leads us to God’s righteousness. Therefore, we cannot consider ourselves righteous merely by obeying commandments. If we live with such a mindset, we will be like the Pharisees of Jesus’ time. Instead, let us live as those who have complete faith in Christ.
Paul the apostle continues: "And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith." (Philippians 3:9, KJV) It is not by obeying commandments but by faith that we draw near to God.
God’s Message: Bro. M. Geo Prakash

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