The Blessings of The Law
Can there possibly be any blessing from the Law?
Romans 4:15 says;
“because the law brings wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression“.
The only reason the law breeds wrath is because no man has been able, or can successfully keep it! Meaning that the law inadvertently introduces sin and Paul reiterated this much in Romans 7:7;
“what shall we say then? is the law sin? certainly not! on the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said; ‘you shall not covet‘.”
In Timothy 1:8; we find out that the law is good!
“But we know the law is good if one uses it lawfully“.
Quickly, let me draw your attention to Deuteronomy 28:1-14. The ONLY law we see all through that reading is in verse 1;
“if you Diligently Obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe all His commandments…..”
Wouldn’t you say this is a rather tricky singular law? I mean it is all encompassing, and to ‘diligently obey the voice of the Lord’ implies doing everything He commands!!
This brings to mind, Jesus’ Two Commandments;
- “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind…..
- …You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:37-39
Deuteronomy 28: 3-14, gives a picture of a bumper harvest of blessings emanating from obeying the law, while in Galatians 3:13, every curse of the law in Deuteronomy 28: 15-68, seems to have been rendered null and void for every believer in Christ Jesus, while the Blessings of the law are preserved (selah).
Praise God that His promises of blessings endures forever and they are mine to enjoy for always because I believe that Jesus Christ paid the eternal price for every sin (Hebrews 9:12).
I declare today that every blessing of the law is mine through Christ Jesus and I receive them by faith.
Amen.
Except otherwise stated, all Bible quotations are from the New King James Version (NKJV).
