Romans 10:11 (NASB77)
“For the Scripture says, ‘WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.’"
The most apparent difference between Law and Grace is JESUS. When we look into the Law we see God telling people what to do; in Grace we see Jesus showing us what to do. This does not mean Jesus was not telling us things; He gets all up in here with us (Emanuel) as He tells us.
The difference between our doing then and now, Jesus is with us. He has made all the difference; He is the difference. We do not have to sacrifice anymore, He became our sacrifice. Grace did not come so we do not have to do anything; grace has come to do it with us. Grace has come to be in us, to get inside our being, grace is Jesus working in us and through us.
What was right before grace is right after grace; grace moves us from doing right to being right. There is just something right about Jesus working in us the Father’s will; this is when our doing right comes out of being right.
Without Jesus we are disappointed; with Jesus, we are never disappointed. Without Jesus no matter how much right we do, we can never be right. It is only in Him we become the righteousness of God.
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