Friday, April 5, 2019

The Breaking of the Royal Law.





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My thoughts-

When faced with sure and certain death a person reacts in a number of different ways. If a person is facing execution surely they have thoughts different from one dying a natural death through old age, or health related illnesses and diseases. To take it a step further, if a person is facing almost instantaneous execution their thoughts would be different from one given time to deal in their impending death. Imagine if you will, not that any of ever would want to- in fact not a single person in the world I would believe- would want to imagine being unexpected executed. Let's imagine that you are caught up in the temptation of lust one day, and on this particular day you are unable to contain that lust and you act upon it, committing adultery in the process. There you are still in the throes of the sinful passion that has overtaken you and out of nowhere you are snatched up and thrown to the ground hard only to realize in the horrific moment that you have been caught. Oh, did I forget to mention that you are living in Jerusalem, a Jew, under the Mosaic law?  Caught now, and you know that the penalty for your impetuous sin is death by stoning. What do you do? Are you trying to plead your case on deaf ears? Are you apologizing profusely? Are you petrified? You know there is no way of escape, the law is the law and you are definitely guilty. You know there is no case to plead, you are a weak sinning person who struggled to uphold the law of your people, the royal law of your God. You know the execution is on its way as you are dragged out of the city to the quarry, your place of execution. Are you repenting? Are you sorry for the sinning, not just getting caught in that sin? Are you apologetic towards the God you transgressed against? The fear of your death is overwhelming you, and you pray to God, you plead with God to forgive you, to forgive your weakness, your sinfulness. And then the first rock slams hard into the side of your face and knocks you off your feet. Ears ringing, face on fire, in those few moments before a hail of rocks descend upon your body, you are still praying for forgiveness, for eternal salvation. Then, nothing. Your life is over, you enter the deep, long sleep of death and your thoughts perish with you while your breath returns to God who gave it to you.

Are you forgiven, or will you be judged damned under the judgment and sentences to the second death from which there is no return, but eternal non-existence?

Of course, I can't answer with 100% certainty but I want to believe that even under the Mosaic law where people were killed almost instantly for their transgressions that God looked upon their hearts for their truth.

How many under that law who were faced with death such as described above, truly found salvation in their final moments? I'm not talking about the willful, unrepentant sinner, but a remorseful, very repentant sinner.

When our Savior came and the Mosaic law was abolished, the compassion of God was allowed full reign. God never intended His love to be confused with horror. God wanted to reveal to His people that their loyalty, their love for Him, and His for them was most important of all. That sin was something to be abhorred. That sinning which caused the suffering and separation of mankind from God was evil and to be completely and utterly despised. With our natural propensity towards sinning God, even in the Mosaic law set up a system of forgiveness for the sins committed in ignorance. There were sins committed that were not sins that warranted death, and those sins could be forgiven. Forgiveness was taught, as well as the severity of sin, and the penalty for that sin- death.

Do we think sinning today warrants anything less than death? We can't. If we believe Jesus came to soften the penalty for sinning, we are misguided. Jesus TOOK on the penalty for our sinning, God With Us- suffered and died just as we warrant upon sinning.

To tie this together with the study above--  Sabbath breakers are guilty of sinning, just as adulterers, thieves, liars, coveters, blasphemers, dishonorable, murderers are all guilty of sinning.  The penalty of sin is death everlasting, not temporal death. The GIFT of GOD is FORGIVENESS, a gift we must choose to accept realizing that our guilt was not gone, but placed upon another to bear for us.

May God help any who read this, and myself writing this blurb, and sharing this study- to realize the importance of all God's Royal Laws and seek through the Holy Spirit to keep all of the Ten Commandments given to us. Ten guiding points of God's love magnified, and all kept by our SAVIOR. Ten Commandments we must seek to embrace as God's revealed loving principles for our lives, not burdensome heavy stones of torture we wish were not in existence.  All through the love of our Lord, and Savior, we thank you Father for your love and grace, your mercy now and forever! Thank you, Lord Jesus for Your sacrifice!


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