|
The moral law does not consider us as weak human beings at all, it takes no account of our heredity and infirmities, it demands that we be absolutely moral. The moral law never alters, either for the noblest or for the weakest, it is eternally and abidingly the same. the moral law ordained by God does not make itself weak to the weak, it does not palliate our shortcomings, it remains absolute for all time and eternity. If we do not realize this, it is because we are less than alive; immediately we are alive, life becomes a tragedy. Paul said, "I was alive w/o the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." When we realize this, then the Spirit of God convicts us of sin. Until a man gets there & sees there is no hope, the Cross of Christ Jesus is a farce to him.Conviction of sin always brings a fearful binding sense of the law, it makes a man hopeless-- "sold under sin". I, a guilty sinner, can never get right w/ God, it is impossible. There is only one way in which I can get right w/ God, & that is by the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus.... God never coerces us..... Oswald Chambers
 |