5. Know that the Lord is Sovereign
The fifth basic principle in the
application of the law of liberty is to know, understand and believe that, the Lord is Sovereign and because of His
Sovereignty He is in complete control over everything and so we have been duly
admonished saying; “For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to
himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the
Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord': For to this end
Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead
and the living” (Romans 14:7-9).
Now because of the Lord’s
sovereignty we are at liberty clearly demonstrated by the apostle Paul who
wrote; “One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day
alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day,
observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he
does not observe it” (Romans 14:5-6).
Nevertheless, despite one’s
liberty to observe or not to observe if one chooses to observe there is a
protocol on how it should be done as instructed by the Psalmist David who
wrote: “Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim the good news of His
salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders
among all peoples. For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; He is also
to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the
LORD made the heavens. Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and gladness
are in His place. Give to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Give to the LORD
glory and strength. Give to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering,
and come before Him. Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble
before Him, all the earth” (1 Chronicles 16:23-30; Psalms 96:1-9).
Now the way the families of the
peoples give to the Lord glory and strength and the glory due to His name is by
applying the basic principles stated by the Psalmist David which ae applicable as
follows:
a. a. Ascribing
to the Lord the glory due to His name
The way one ascribes to the Lord
the glory due to His name It is by observing His Sabbaths For thus says the Lord; “You shall keep My
Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD” (Leviticus 19:30; 26:2).
b.
b. Bring
an offering and come before His courts
The Lord has ordained specific
times for His people to bring an offering and come before His courts because he
instructed Moses saying; “Command the children of Israel, and say to them, 'My
offering, My food for My offerings made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me, you shall
be careful to offer to Me at their appointed time” (Numbers 28:2).
It is important to note that without
this offering one has no access to the Father because, this is the message
which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him
is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in
darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as
He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.’
“If we say that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness: If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His
word is not in us” (1John 1:5-10).
Please note carefully that it is
only if we walk in the light as He is in the light that we have fellowship with
one another and it is at this juncture that the blood of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanses us from all sin. The cup of blessings which we bless is our password
and gateway to the Father because this is what that cleanses us from our sins
in order to have fellowship with the Father and the Son and with one another.
According to the apostle Paul this
is what gives us the boldness with confidence to approach the throne of grace
for thus he wrote; “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest
by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us,
through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house
of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure
water” (Hebrews 10:19-22)
This is also the significance of
Jesus’ statement when He said; “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through Me.” The way signifies His flesh represented
by the Unleavened Bread, the truth signifies Himself, the Word of God who
became flesh and dwelt among us and is now seated at the right hand of the
Father as our eternal High Priest interceding on our behalf: And the life
signifies His blood represented by the wine: And as it is written; “For the life
of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make
atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the
soul” (Leviticus 17:11).
In Christ Jesus we have
redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches
of His grace, and according to the law almost all things are purified with
blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission” (Ephesians 1:7;
Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 9:22).
To be continued
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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