And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance. – Deuteronomy 21:22-23 ESV
Warrior;
We must BELIEVE in the BIBLE, as the inerrant WORD of GOD and the INSPIRED Word of God. If you WILL NOT believe the BIBLE is the standard for TRUTH, then how can you ever walk WITH the GOD OF THE BIBLE? If you DO NOT see a need for a SAVIOR then why would you DIE to yourself and LIVE for CHRIST? If you don’t feel you need to be SAVED, why would you HUMBLE yourself and put CHRIST on your THRONE? IF you are a GOOD person then why would you NEED the GOOD NEWS of GRACE alone, by FAITH alone, in CHRIST alone? Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” (Gal 3:13)
Leader, Perfection is the requirement for HEAVEN! God’s standard of perfection, NOT yours. Romans 3:10 tells us NONE is righteous, NO NOT ONE! Ecclesiastes 7:20 tells us, NOT A SINGLE person on earth is always GOOD and NEVER SINS. Psalm 53:3 tells us, they have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. James 2:10 tells us, Whoever keeps the WHOLE LAW and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking ALL OF IT. ALL is ALL INCLUSIVE. Which part of ALL doesn’t apply to you?
Conduit, Galatians 2:16 makes it CRYSTAL CLEAR; yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. Jesus is OUR SUBSTITUTION. When we accept HIS MERCY and GRACE that was GIVEN on the TREE OF LIFE, the CROSS. When we do that, God credits CHRIST RIGHTEOUSNESS to us, and our life of SIN and rebellion against GOD is applied to CHRISTS account. We must remember that there is SALVATION by FAITH apart from Works so that NO ONE can be self-JUSTIFIED. You are a sinner in need of a Savior, no matter how GOOD YOU are compared to the sinner that you are comparing yourself too! YOU and I need a savior and HE IS JESUS the CHRIST, and HE became the CURSE so we become the BLESSING- and BE the CHILDREN OF GOD!
