James 2:10
For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has
become accountable for all of it.
The garment is not acceptable if there is one snag in the
fabric. The tune is no longer in harmony
if there is one note out of key. The
chain is broken if one link does not hold.
The law is not kept if one point is not held.
"And you shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your
strength." Mark 12:30 STOP!! There it is...the first and greatest
commandment. We need not go any further
to realize that we are incapable of meeting the requirements of getting into
heaven. We simply cannot earn our way
in. We cannot get past the first
requirement. It is impossible for us to
love the Lord in the manner that He requires.
Remember, God demands perfect, not partial obedience. A good effort is not good enough. Good enough is only found on the Cross. The only way that we can meet the
requirements that God demands is to have the blood of His Son wash us clean of
all of our sins so that we may stand before Him in the image of His Son.
Let us wake each day seeking the Holy Spirit to examine our hearts and reveal to us the darkness that still resides there.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, we thank You for demanding perfection
concerning Your laws. We rejoice in
knowing that Your kingdom, which we will inherit, will be void of anything that
is less than perfect. We thank You for
providing an eternal resting place for us that will be the essence of
everything good. We bless the name of
Jesus, whose shed blood allows us to stand spotless before You. Father, we claim Your promise to perfect Your
strength in our weakness. We pray for
the grace to live in the fullness of Jesus Christ as You prepare us to love You
with all our hearts and with all our souls and with all our minds and with all
our strength for all eternity. We ask
all these things in the name of the only One without fault, Jesus Christ.
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