Galatians 3:12 NKJV
Yet the law is not of faith, but the man who does them shall live by them.
Galatians 3:12 NKJV
The old covenant that is based on the law is a temporary plan of God, it is to help men understand that we cannot be holy by our own efforts.
The old covenant has its temporal blessings. Therefore, anyone wants to live by it still gets temporal blessings.
Because there are still blessings in the old covenant, people do stay in that place to work and earn the blessings of God. Through sweat and tears, they work only for things that last for a moment.
The new covenant is based on grace. It’s a covenant that shows what Jesus has accomplished for us for eternity.
It’s a covenant that the believers live by faith and work the works of God through His power.
Living through grace in Christ is living the eternal life from now as the bible says in John 17:3.
Jesus gave us all a new covenant, that has its new way of living and thinking. It has its new language called a language of faith, trust, love and total dependence on Christ Jesus our Lord.
The old covenant will show us how to do our best yet cannot attain the fullness but only have a little trickle here and there.
The new covenant will show us what Jesus has done for His children and the gift He has given to us freely.
Now we don’t live by the law that points to sin but we live in the law of the spirit that points us all to Jesus.
The law of the spirit will reveal the finished work of the cross of Jesus. It reveals the treasure that we have received in Christ.
Let us walk in the law of the spirit in Christ Jesus that has made us free to live the abundant life of God.
Blessings
Ps Ambrose