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January 23
Ministers of the New Covenant
Continuing with the theme in
Raised to Life and The
New Way, we find that we are ministers of
the New Covenant. We are not ministers of
the letter of the law but rather the Spirit of
the law.
As Christians, we have a moral obligation to
stand for what is right. Just because
Jesus fulfilled the law does not mean that we
have no obligation to continue to do right.
The New Testament contains lots of teaching
about right and wrong. Our obligation to
obey did not cease with Christ's forgiveness.
As ministers of the New Covenant though, we
should preach a gospel of law and grace.
We should instruct people to repent of their
sinful ways. If the Bible calls something
sin, we have every right to call it sin as well.
But as competent ministers we must also teach
grace. Sin is sin and should be stopped.
But Jesus is the solution to sin.
Forgiveness is only found in Him.
We want sinful lifestyles to stop but the only
way to accomplish this is through the preaching
of the gospel of Jesus. The passing of
laws won't stop sin. Flooding the airwaves
with teaching of the consequences of sin won't
stop it. Only when lives are changed by
Jesus Christ will the sin in those lives stop. |
