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Warning signs are posted to make you aware of impending danger. When Paul speaks of “upholding the law,” he’s not inviting the believer to live according to the law. Rather, he’s lifting the law its necessary height of impossible, giving the believer all the more reason to rejoice in the gift of grace!

You get no credit for your righteousness. Jesus alone was able to apprehend heaven’s reward. And because of God’s great love He took the reward that Jesus earned and gave it to you, requiring only that you believe that Jesus is enough to make you holy and righteous. Now there is no pressure to perform for God, leaving me with a heart that is in love and at rest.

It is natural to show only your best side to people around you. We hide our faults, hoping people won’t hold them against us. Yet your righteousness is not established by your personal highlight reel, which even in your best moments, is never going to be good enough. Instead, we remember Jesus’ obedience as the only work strong enough to achieve the impossible – right-standing with God.

The Gospel boldly declares that righteousness is received by only one method – Faith. Obeying the Gospel is not a matter of a physical response to your faith. It’s a matter of believing that what Jesus did was entirely adequate in making you right with God. Adding a required physical response to the believer washes out the brilliance of God’s love and places heavy burdens on the shoulders of the very ones to whom the gospel was given.

The word of faith is the communication that you are made righteous by faith in what JESUS has done, not by confidence in what YOU have done. Putting confidence in the flesh for right-standing leads to a tired and unfulfilled life. Putting confidence in the Spirit brings life and peace!

The New Covenant we have with God is so much better than anything we could imagine. In fact, It is unheard of! It’s so much better than you think. It’s so much higher than you dreamed. Let go of the self-effort bondage Moses gave and dive head-first into the liberty that Jesus brought – perfect righteousness by faith alone!

Believer, you are pleasing to God. Doubting this in any way can only be attributed to the tragic misrepresentation of the true Gospel. By placing your trust in Jesus to make you perfectly righteous and absolutely holy you have met God’s exacting requirements for perfection! Now you can finally cease from the vain pursuit of righteousness by the flesh, and instead enjoy the reward of righteousness by faith!

When you are convinced that you abide in Christ forever, no fear can creep in and make you feel distant ever again. The Cross should be the ultimate assurance to the believer that nothing can ever undo what God has done in Christ, reconciling you to Himself!

In Romans 7, Paul uses the Jewish marriage laws to explain a crucial point regarding salvation - You cannot be married to Moses and Jesus at the same time. The death of Christ represents your death from your first spouse (Moses), releasing you into a new covenant with your new spouse, Jesus!

At the Cross God declares, “Out with the Old, In with the New.” The old method of righteousness has expired – a method of man’s efforts, marred by failure after failure, resulting in death. The new method of righteousness has arrived – one of perfect brilliance, pristine and faultless, achieved by Jesus and received by you!