Topic: In Him pt. a
imrare's photo
Wed 09/29/10 08:02 PM
To obtain a proper and powerful mindset concerning the Believers
"in Him" identity, it will be of tremendous benefit to determine
what the New Covenant has to say on the subject.

The Old Covenant and the laws that were a part of it, presented
a way for man to gain inclusion in a national identity.

By keeping, fulfilling and meeting the requirements of the law,
man could earn a standing before God. It would not be an identity
in Him, but rather a place before Him. A corporate identity with
the people of God, but not a relationship of love, with the God
of the people.

No man was ever able to keep, fulfill or even stand justified by
performance of the law. It was humanly impossible for mere man to
come up to its requirements.

The man trying to keep the law was flawed by human weakness.
Since the man was flawed, the works he would perform were
also flawed.

Man needed a Savior!

The New Covenant, and the grace gift it offers, made another
way for man to find his identity and rightstanding before God.
Grace offered to man, what law could never make available to man.

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Wed 09/29/10 08:51 PM

To obtain a proper and powerful mindset concerning the Believers
"in Him" identity, it will be of tremendous benefit to determine
what the New Covenant has to say on the subject.

The Old Covenant and the laws that were a part of it, presented
a way for man to gain inclusion in a national identity.

By keeping, fulfilling and meeting the requirements of the law,
man could earn a standing before God. It would not be an identity
in Him, but rather a place before Him. A corporate identity with
the people of God, but not a relationship of love, with the God
of the people.

No man was ever able to keep, fulfill or even stand justified by
performance of the law. It was humanly impossible for mere man to
come up to its requirements.

The man trying to keep the law was flawed by human weakness.
Since the man was flawed, the works he would perform were
also flawed.

Man needed a Savior!

The New Covenant, and the grace gift it offers, made another
way for man to find his identity and rightstanding before God.
Grace offered to man, what law could never make available to man.


So true!!!