ONE HEARTBEAT AWAY - PART 51

   ONE                                HEARTBEAT 
   AWAY

    PART 51 


(Mark Cahill's Book)

 
So What Does God's Trustworthy Word Say About That Standard? And What Determines Whether A Person Has Or Has Not Lived Up To That Standard, Making Them "Good" Or "Bad."?



Romans 3: 23  tells us that:

! "You have sinned"For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."


What does it mean when it says that we have all "sinned" ?   The word "sin"  means "miss the mark,"  referring to the 
bull's eye on a target.  We want to hit it right in the middle, but here God's Word is saying that if you miss that bull's eye and your arrow lands off to the side, you have "sinned"   - you have "missed the mark."  

The apostle Paul tells us that : 

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord? "  (Romans 6:23)

So my next question is very simple
What is the mark that all of us must hit in order to avoid death and receive eternal life? 
Romans 3: 19-20 says :

"Now we know that what things soever the law saith it saith  to them who are under the Law;  that every mouth should be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.  

Therefore, by the deeds of the Law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight: for by the Law is the knowledge of sin."

It is now obvious that the law will give me the knowledge of sin? Whar is this Law?  Psalm 19:7 tells us :

The Law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul, the testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple

This Law can turn us back to God. What is this Law?  1st John 3:4  clearly states:

Whosoever committeth sin transgresses also the Law, for sin is the transgression of the Law. 

If you break this Law it is sin? What is this Law?  

Romans 7:7 asks :

"What shall we say then? Is the Law sin?  God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin but by the Law : for I had not known lust , except the Law had said , thou shalt not covet."

And here we have the huge clue we were looking for!  We can recognize that a Law is being quoted here -  "Thou shalt not covet."  That is the tenth of the ten commandments!

In the first five books of the Bible writtenby Moses, God gives us the Ten Commandments twice. (Exodus 20:1-17:  Deuteronomy 5:6-21) , all I know is when I was a kid, and my mom said something twice, her son better not forget it!  Since God repeated these commandments within in short space of time, it must be important for us to  know what these commandments are and how to follow them. 

next post  6th November