Forgiven (Saved) By the Law or By Grace? CovenantKeepers.Com

Описание: Suzie Hartwright
CovenantKeepers.com

A Chapter from her book:

Forgiven (Saved) By the Law or By Grace?

We have been told for years that the Old Testament believers were saved by the law; but now we are saved by grace. But how could anyone have ever been saved without the mercy and grace of God the Father? Or how could anyone have ever been saved without the blood of Jesus Christ which is called "the blood of the Everlasting Covenant"?

By the grace and mercy of God the Father, eternal salvation has only come "by faith" in the blood of Jesus Christ; from the beginning of creation until the last soul is saved.

Acts 4:12
"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."

Revelation 13:8
" ... the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."

Jesus is called "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" but we know that He didn't die a sacrificial death at the beginning of creation. And we do know by scripture that His atoning blood stretched back that far in order to cover the first sin of Adam and Eve, as well as to all the Old Covenant believers who were all saved "by faith" in their coming Messiah (Hebrews 11).

Romans 1:17
"For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."

The apostle Paul is referencing the Old Covenant Testament scripture in Habakkuk.

Habakkuk 2:4
"...but the just shall live by his faith."

Hebrews 11:6
"But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him."

Back to the grace and mercy of God the Father and the blood of Jesus redeeming the Old Covenant Testament believers:

Hebrews 9:15
" ... for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the FIRST testament, they which are called might receive THE PROMISE of eternal inheritance.

Eternal salvation has always been given by inheritance through God's covenant, by the promise (blessings) of the Everlasting Covenant. It has never come by a law even under the first testament, the Old Covenant Testament.

Galatians 3:18
"For if the inheritance be of the law,
it is no more of promise:
but God gave it to Abraham by promise."

We have been told for years that the Old Testament believers were saved by the law; but now we are saved by grace. But the apostle Paul said that was an impossibility because "no flesh" has ever been justified (cleansed/forgiven) by the works of the law; that includes all the Old Covenant saints, even Abraham.

Romans 4:1-2
"What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God."

Paul said that even the Jews knew that the law couldn't save them (justify them) but that justification (forgiveness of sins) came only "by faith" in the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Galatians 2:15-16
"We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: FOR by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Romans 3:20
"Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight: FOR by the law is the knowledge of sin."

Galatians 3:21
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

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All of this confusion has come because the leaders that came before us have misunderstood Paul's writings. They have taken the scripture below out of context, then created a false premise and made a faulty conclusion.

Romans 6:14
"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."

Paul wasn't saying that they were not obligated or not bound by the moral laws of God, but instead he was explaining to them that they were no longer under the law of the wages of sin is death.

Here's the link to read the rest of this chapter:

http://covenantkeepers.com/dreams-and...