Page 55 - The Road from Babylon to Zion

manner done you any good? No! We need to be transformed by the Spirit in the inner
man so that Yahweh’s very character becomes our character. When we are set free
from self-seeking, from the never ending tendency to satisfy our own fleshly lusts and
desires, then some good will have occurred in our lives. An outward Law cannot
produce this change.

Having begun in faith that Christ has redeemed us from the penalty of sin, we must
now continue in faith that He will produce righteousness IN us. We must see ourselves
abiding in the Vine, and we must see that the Life that is in His blood is now in us,
motivating and empowering us to live in complete harmony with the character of
Yahweh.

I want to walk in communion and harmony with the Spirit all day long, every day. I
want to know His leading and His desire, and then I want Christ to have free rein to
live in me and to accomplish the desire of the Father. I want His desires to become my
desires, His will my will, and His character my character. The Law, weak as it is
through the flesh, will never bring about this conformity, and for the saint to place
themselves back under the jurisdiction of the Law, being Torah Observant, is to
commit oneself to a life of frustration and barrenness.

What does the word say? “Walk by the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the
flesh” (Galatians 5:16). Notice that it does NOT say, “Keep the Law and you shall not
fulfill the lusts of the flesh.” A scripture that the Spirit has used to open my eyes to
the proper role of the Law today is the following:

I Timothy 1:8-11
But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, realizing the fact
that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless
and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for
those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers and immoral men
and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever
else is contrary to sound teaching, according to the glorious gospel of the
blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

Yes, this is a key. The scriptures, even the New Testament, state that the Law is good,
BUT one has to use it lawfully. How does one use it lawfully? They realize that the Law
is NOT FOR THE RIGHTEOUS PERSON, but for those who are lawless and rebellious.
The Law is only lawfully applied to those who are lawless and rebellious. If you desire
to keep the Law then you are acknowledging that you are lawless and rebellious.

Paul makes it clear, the Law is not for the righteous. Are you righteous?

II Corinthians 5:21
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might
become the righteousness of God in Him.