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Subject: HONEY FROM THE ROCK SERIES!
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geminixx 29.09.08 - 04:57pm
Honey From The Rock published a new entry entitled THERE'S NO LAW AGAINST LIVING LIKE THIS! written by Victor Knowels THERE'S NO LAW AGAINST LIVING LIKE THIS! ...against such things there is no law (Gal. 5:23 NASB). Paul now sums up what it means to live by the Spirit. He has just mentioned nine manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer (the fruit of the Spirit) and then says, There can be no law against [practicing] these things (The N.T., An Understandable Version). This takes us back to Gal. 5:18 where Paul said, But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law (Holman CSB). You can practice the fruit of the Spirit all day long and there is no law against so doing. You can love others, manifest joy and peace, practice patience, show kindness, do deeds of goodness, live faithfully, be gentle to all, and practice self-control all you want and more! There is no law that says (as it does of the works of the flesh), those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God (v. 21). Rather, we will inherit the kingdom of God because we do practice such things as the fruit of the Spirit! Paul told Timothy, The law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and profane... (1 Tim. 1:9 Holman CSB). But, praise God, there is no law that prohibits the practice of the nine-fold fruit of the Spirit. There's no ban on being a believer. Others may snap, Stop that smiling! Don't you know you're in church? but you don't have to submit to their loveless legalism. Go ahead and be a happy, holy and healthy Christian! Hymn: Free from the law, O happy condition! Jesus hath bled, and there is remission; cursed by the law and bruised by the fall, Grace hath redeemed us once for all. Once for all, O sinner, receive it! Once for all, O brother believe it! Cling to the cross, the burden will fall; Christ hath redeemed us once for all! -- reiner-jay *
