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Galatians 5:18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

In sharing with the saints of God over the course of many years that those who
are in Christ are no longer under the Law, including the moral Law, many emotional
arguments have been raised. One of the common arguments is to ask, “So, do you
believe it is now okay to commit murder, or to commit adultery, or to steal?” Others
will ask, “So, what part of the moral Law do you want to violate?”
People of God, such arguments have failed to comprehend that which the
scriptures are teaching. They are not promoting lawlessness. They are declaring that
there is a far more excellent way to discern the mind and will of Yahweh than through
the Law. The Law was weak, and it contained only a shadow of the will of God. The
Spirit is able to reveal the will of God in fulness.
I do not desire to walk lawlessly. I desire to know the will of the Father and to
do it. The Law cannot disclose the Father’s will with the same precision and fulness
as that of the indwelling Spirit of Christ. Remember, Moses brought men under the
rule of Yahweh by establishing the covenant of Law. Christ brings men under the rule
of the Father to a far surpassing degree. His life establishes the pattern to be lived by
all those who are born of His seed.
Yahshua was not guided by the Law. He was guided by the Spirit and He
perfectly fulfilled the will and pleasure of the Father. From the moment the Spirit
descended upon Him at the Jordan in the form of a dove, we read of Christ’s life being
directed by the Holy Spirit.

Mark 1:9-13
It came to pass in those days that Yahshua came from Nazareth of Galilee, and
was baptized by John in the Jordan. And immediately, coming up from the
water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a
dove. Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. And He was there
in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts;
and the angels ministered to Him.

It was the Father’s will for His Son to begin His earthly ministry by fasting for
forty days, dwelling in the wilderness, and being tempted of the devil. Christ did not
arrive at this knowledge of the will of His Father through the Law. Christ revealed the
pattern of His life in the following words:

John 5:19-20
Therefore Yahshua answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to
you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the
Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in
like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He
Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so