Where does guilt come from? (our conscience)? Guilty before God. Place yourself there. What is shame? Shame is humiliation striking the very heart and soul as we stand before Him and seeing his Holiness. There we open our heart to Christ, removing that shame and our conscience become clear.
We must understand what it means to live by faith and not feelings. Feeling come on account of why need to be saved. Many times people say live by faith not feelings. This is what it means and the process. Feelings bring us to it when we see the compassion Christ had and has for us. This is so important to get. This is the difference in working one's way to Heaven not really wanting God, but saying God while serving self through the law = self-justification. And, serving Christ Him justify us. It is important to note this is not repentance as a Christian. This is repentance from dead works as explained living in bondage and doing nothing but desiring sin.
I'm trying to cover many examples Paul covered so we can see the relationship.
(Hebrews 6:1) "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God."
(Stating this because once we learned this enough already! This is milk, we move onto the meat. Discipline, discernment, and prophecy).
But here if we see it's needed for someone we'll go over it. Learning the milk all over again.
(Hebrews 6:3) "And this will we do, if God permit."
Continuing on in Galatians 3. Thank you for taking a look †
(Galatians 3:23-26) "But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
(Before we seen we needed faith in the savior Christ here. We come to learn why we need to be saved and our savior then Lord. The law was our overseer (over our heads). What does this mean? We would keep the law to justify ourselves to the Father and then others (notice you always see the pharisees justify themselves, Christ calling it out) (What do you notice gets mixed in with God's law)? Our own standards/laws we make up. As we put all things of the world in the flesh first. We sell out to them. Which is what Babylon does, she sells out).
Remember, that is what the pharisees did. A little bit of God's law never following commandment one, not even realizing they break commandment one. Everything they did. Making the commandments to none effect.
Remember John 3:16-21. Before belief we are already condemned (found guilty and separated from God) because of unbelief in who Christ is and what He came to do. This is why the sermon on the mount chapter 5 and 6 Christ goes over what changes the heart and mind according to the law. Beginning with opening the heart and then doing from the heart, then mind.
Christ is and only can be our justification. As He fulfilled the law. Before salvation we don't even want to keep commandment one (no other God before HIM). Looking at all the suffering, pain, agony, grief Christ suffered on that cross for us. Remember, if you broke any commandment you break them all. Because breaking the others means you put the things of the world over God first. We have to learn them of course for correction along the way, not condemnation. When one is in grace though faith they want to do it then carried out through the Holy Spirit for our Father through Christ. The Holy Spirit carries out with our own spirit. Romans 8 is a good side-by-side in complete concordance. Please take a deeper look. At repentance to salvation we have guilt then shame for our actions. This is an important point. What do we do this we carry around? Look to Christ and his sinless sacrifice all He suffered then we see all our sins against God and then people. Always to God first. We always look at His laws first here. Do not look to other and justify our actions as well. Moreover, you will not be judged by their standards but God's.
See, this is important where the shame goes. We can live it or get rid of. This is why when Christ comes back shame is seen. We're supposed to envision us standing in front of THE judge with this shame, He says go free. He wants to do it! Imagine that? We are guilty and shameful of everything in life and God wants us to go free! THAT is ultimate love my friends. Matter of fact so much so He is not happy if you say no! Now that is a loving God.
Remember, as God wants to do it we are reduced to beggary, "Blessed are the poor in the spirit." He says yes!
Let's give on example when Christ comes as a thief in the night to those not on watch. They are worshiping the flesh, the things of the world satan can offer them coming as a pretty boy, the man of sin.
(Revelation 16:15) "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame."
(Garment of salvation keep them on. Shame from serving satan and their guilt and shame (cheating on the husband). Let me ask all this explained would you want to reject first Christ and then get the complete opposite after that rejection? That is a lot. So you see the Lord is not happy, and either are you--blessed).
Moving on,
24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
(Like going to school, seeing what needs to be learned here. We looked at the law we don't want to keep and cannot keep to the law Christ kept. Therefore, He is our justification.
25But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
(We don't need the law to tell us what to do. In concordance with Colossians 2:20-23 here). Serving the law does two things Self justify self. Saying we don't need God and His sacrifice. Number two, serving the law we are serving it to stay out of consequences. That is based in fear and the way of the world. We fear the punishment (leaving us doing it for the wrong reasons, this is where Christ changes the want, the motives from the heart). Not so with the Lord, We don't nee the law to tell us what to do. We do it for our Father through Christ though the fruits of the Holy Spirit).
The law is for correction as a Christian while serving Christ <3
Here it is below in Galatians 3:26-27, baptism of the Holy Spirit: Now we are children of God just as Romans 8 says. Romans 8 gives you the flesh part. So we see in combinatiion that serving the law is serving the flesh. Why you see Colossians 2 once again. Very hard on the flesh. We're going it to look good basically. Let's take a look at that first:
(Colossians 2:20-23) "Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
Because all the things of the flesh will perish. Why serve them?
23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh."
(This can be applied to any sin. But let's say I'm living to not cheat/porn/etc on my wife. Do I really want to do it? No we treat her as Christ would (though He was not married). What did Christ say when they came to Him with shame? Faith in Him, they lowered themselves to Him (Luke 7:40-50 a great example). If I love Christ and do what He says because I want to because He saved then I do. By that doing that I will love my wife and not cheat on here automatically. This is freedom. Not in bondage to anything. Purity).
How does it show them things? Many are deceived by just this and get into bad relationships. Um we need to learn the Gospel correctly. This stuff looks good but doing not out of purity, but by the flesh not the Holy Spirit. So it's hard on the flesh, you are fighting the flesh. It is carried out through the Holy Spirit.
As explained, all this is serving flesh which always serves the consequences = fear. We are not given a spirit of fear. Which of course comes from bondage. Romans 8 again. Hope that makes complete sense.
Okay, to Galatians 3:26,
26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
27For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
(Put Him on the love of Christ).
Amen!!!
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