Sunday, August 07, 2011

Why Do We Always Go Back To Works?

Romans 9:32 KJV
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

The Jews sought righteousness but missed it and the Bible says they missed it because they sought it through works of the law and not by faith.

As much as we know that and claim it, we seem to always fight diving back into works.

Sometimes we justify ourselves and, in our desire to see people live godly lives, preach works. Preachers have advocated that the law was still right, just not for salvation. The book of James supports this. The trouble is that there is no righteousness except that righteousness that is Jesus Christ in us. The righteousness of the law is manifested in Christ living through us.

And most of us stumble at this stone. Either we find the Word to be too spiritual and not do-able so we quit or else in a sort of frustration we return to the law as the only fleshly way of working out some sort of righteousness.

I think the problem is we just don't want to believe God is in control. We want to be in charge. Even if we want the control because we believe it is God's will for us to take the control, it is still us in control, attempting to determine the outcome. I think the answer is that we are to surrender our lives and their outcome to the Lord and get up each day to do our work believing He has that charge of our lives.

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