The Truth that sets Humanity Free from the snare of Legalism as pushed by man's Religion and it's accompaning Religious forms, this being SIN.

 Day 10

The lifting of the veil from our eyes is paramount herein as I share the following shared by another more intelligent in the matters of the Grace of GOD at work within us all this highlighted by the use of ("....") as I pick up on Romans 8:1-10 where our true original identity is established without hypocrisy:

Coming to the LORD for Grace:

"Jesus asked and said: 'Come to Me . . . and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me... and you will find rest for your souls.' (Matthew 11:28-29)

Our previous meditations on Jesus promising spiritual rest provides an excellent opportunity to reflect again upon the relational aspect of living by the Grace of GOD. GOD'S Grace does not abound toward us by means of some religious procedure. His grace flows into our lives as we live in a developing relationship with Him. This is essential for our understanding, since it is "the grace of our LORD Jesus Christ" (2Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich.) this we are to be experiencing in abundance, as promised us.

It is in coming to the LORD, in relationship with the LORD, that we find His Grace at work in our lives. 'Come to Me...Take My yoke... learn from Me.' When we first come to Jesus in humble dependence, we find His Grace to forgive us of our our inherited sin, often diluted sin and guilt pushed upon us by a man's religion. When we yoke up with Him, walking intimately with Him each day, we find His Grace to rescue us from religious, fleshly strivings of hyprocy's falsehoods.

This pattern of coming to the LORD is prevalent in the scriptures. As Isaiah wrote of it concerning salvation. "Look to Me, and be saved (H3467, to succor, give releaf), all you ends of the earth! For I am GOD, and there is no other... Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come" (Isaiah 45:22, 24). Isaiah also declared that spiritual refreshment and life from GOD would be available by simply coming to the Lord Jesus. "Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters... Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance. Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live (have newness of Life)" (Isa. 55:1-3). Of course, Jesus restated this profound invitation concerning Himself. 'If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes Me, as the Scripture have said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.' (John 7:37-38).

The Apostle Peter wrote of another significant issue for which we come to Jesus. "Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men (man's religion based on flesh workings), but chosen by GOD and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to GOD through Jesus Christ" (1Pet. 2:4-5). If we are going to access the Grace that edifies our lives, we must consistently be coming to Jesus Christ, the Father's chosen and precious cornerstone."

Day by day by grace: Pastor Bob Hoekstra

Jesus restored to us our unknown identity (masked, covered over behind a veil of deception, in Gen. 3) and union within Himself this making all of Humanity Christ Ones; Romans 8:1-10 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has made us free from the Mosaic Law of sin and death. For what that Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, GOD sending His own Son in the likeness (Gen. 1:26-28) of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the New law of Life, Light and Love, might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; But they that are after do mine the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; But to be spiritually minded is Life and Peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against GOD: for it is not subject to the law of GOD, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please GOD. For we are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of GOD dwells in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; For the Spirit is Life because of righteousness. For if the Spirit of Him (ie..GOD) that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead will also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwells in you. 

I shall leave it here for you to decide for yourselves. I do wish that you would accept the "yoke of learn of Him." As I have!