What should we do?
“But what does the scripture say? ‘Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.” (Galatians 4:30, NET). To free themselves from the power of sin, the yielded believers must renounce flesh and stop using the law as their guardian and stop using the works of the law as their moral standard. The yielded believers are children of the free through the Son of the promise – Jesus Christ. Those who are the new creation in Jesus Christ have the Holy Spirit as their guardian, or their tutor, who communicates to their new spirit that they are, here and now, the children of God in Jesus Christ and not enslaved people. Romans 8:15, 16.
Our guardian, the Holy Spirit, is opposed to the works done in the flesh. Those who still have the law as their guardian are enslaved people and servants who do not have the legal right of inheritance in the Father’s kingdom. Only the children of the free, the children through the Son of the promise, have the right to inherit the property of their Father. Those who want a firm assurance of salvation must forever renounce their reliance on their goodness, strength, wisdom, and knowledge. They must, by trusting Jesus, surrender to the righteousness by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ.
Those who are righteous by the faithfulness of Jesus will be ridiculed, maligned, and persecuted by those who have the law as their guardian and rely on the works of the law for their righteousness. John 15:18 – 21. So, what should the children of the promise in Jesus Christ do? Paul issues undebatable guidance, “For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1, NET). Either we are saved by grace alone through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ alone, or not saved at all. We cannot be saved if we add the law as a requirement for our salvation. The law will not relinquish its authority to condemn sinners, regardless of how well they behave. We continue as violators of the law. The law cannot forgive; it is not designed to do so. Those who add the works of the law to the salvation by the faithfulness of Jesus remain eternally condemned. They stand condemned because they willfully and deliberately choose to remain under condemnation.
Are those who do not have the law as their guardian free from moral obligation? Read the next blog.
