My Biggest Error as a Christian and How to Avoid It - Michael Edwards
My biggest error as a Christian was not correctly dividing the word as God calls us to do. I mixed the Old Covenant law with the New Covenant of grace. Adding the law to any degree, even under the pretext of balancing grace, makes grace of no effect.
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. Gal 5:4 KJV
This led me to live under guilt and condemnation plus a whole host of other issues that the law brings instead of the no condemnation and victory that an abundance of grace brings.
those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! Rom 5:17a BSB
Purpose of the Law
I have spent years sharing my faith with thousands of people face to face. I say this not to brag but to let you know I have a decent amount of experience using God’s law for what it intended to do, make a person conscious of their sin.
Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin. Rom 3:20 NIV
I offer grace to the brokenhearted and I present the law to break hard hearts, show them their sin and need for the Savior. Once the hard heart is broken like a farmer breaks up the hard soil before planting, the gospel can be planted.
I do this is because the Bible is very clear that the law is made for the unrighteous, not for the righteous, in other words, the unbeliever and not the believer.
Realizing the fact that law is NOT MADE for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless 1 Tim 1:9a NASB
Once a person puts their faith in Christ they become righteous, right with God. God no longer call us by sinner or any sinner subtitle like liar, thief, unholy, etc…
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