A New World
You have not passed this way before.
JOSHUA 3.4
This may be one of the great understatements of the Bible. God’s people were about to enter a new world, one that was so unlike anything they had ever known that they couldn’t even imagine what it would be like. So it is with the person today who moves from the wilderness of religious legalism into the land of grace. To experience the reality of who we are in Christ is totally different from mere religious commitment. To compare living a religious lifestyle and experiencing a grace walk is to compare two different dimensions of living. They are more diametrically opposed than we can comprehend until we have crossed over from one to the other.
As you move further along in your own grace walk, remember that there is no place where legalistic religion and grace can intersect. Law and grace can never coexist together. You must move out of the wilderness of legalism into Canaan. To accept grace means to renounce legalism, a system of living in which you try to make spiritual progress or gain God’s blessings based on what you do. It is a major move but one that will transform your life.
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