I recently attended a Shabbat morning Torah study. We had been studying the book of Deuteronomy when a middle aged man asked the rabbi this question, is that where we get redemption.
Redemption is defined as the forgiveness of our sins and Gods accepting us into heaven.
The rabbi just sat and looked at the man until the man gave up and said, I think I understand. The rabbi could not provide an answer to one of mans most basic questions, of under what terms will God accept man.
The fact is that under Judaism as we know it there is no answer. An example, its like you are traveling down a super highway and you end up in a muddy field. The road ends and all construction had stopped. As long as you are traveling in circles you never realize that spiritually you have come to the end of the road.
Under the Mosaic covenant the basis of Judaism, man will always be lost. The Mosaic covenant was simply the on ramp to the super highway analogy. God never intended for the keeping of the Law of Moses to be the final and only answer to redemption. God first gave the covenant of Moses and then gave a greater covenant of grace and mercy.
Spiritual leaders two thousand years ago did not simply reject the covenant of grace out of principle; they rejected the covenant of Moses as well. These men were rebellious against God.
God has already provided a way for you to have your sins forgiven. God has already provided a way for you to be at peace with him.
Look at your life, what do you see? If you have sinned one sin, told one lie, stolen one item, thought one ungodly thought your are heading for hells judgment. Your conscious already condemns you before God.
If someone doesn’t know how I am going to go to heaven after I die, why would I want to follow them?
I came out of a religion that offered four different ways to get to heaven, one for almost every day of the week. Why would I want to follow men when I can follow God and his scriptures?
When I was twenty three years old I was offered the covenant of grace through Jesus Christ, Gods son. First I asked forgiveness for my sins. The mosaic covenant, we must ask God to forgive us of our sins. Next we ask God to apply his covenant of forgiveness and grace upon our life.
What sins will he forgive, all of them, from the day you were born to the day you die?
Won’t you ask God today to forgive you of your sins through the covenant of his son, Jesus Christ?
If you have any question please feel free to e-mail me.
Until next time.
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