Released from The Ceremonial Requirements (TMF:1651)

Monday, July 12, 2021
Peace to Live By: Released from The Ceremonial Requirements (TMF:1651) - Daniel Litton
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       “Did that which is good, then [the law, the commandment], bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure” (Romans 7:13, ESV). We, as Christians, have been released from the ceremonial requirements of the Jewish Law. Now, some of you are thinking, “I have never followed the Jewish Law. I’m not a Jew; I’m a Gentile.” For most folks, that is true. We never followed the Jewish Law in our lives. We understand that God required the Israelites, however, before Christ to follow his Law in order to be approved by him, to be pleasing to him. Back then, if you were a follower of God, and you didn’t follow the law, you failed to follow it, you were at risk of God’s immediate judgment. Sometimes that judgment came from the hand of God himself, and sometimes it came in the form of governing from Israel as a Nation. Nevertheless, it was very important for the Jew to follow God’s Law to the ‘T.’