The Law was given to be obeyed.
Righteousness did not come from the people’s experience at Mt Sinai, but came through the people’s obedience of the law - month by month, week by week, day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. We forget the truth that Christians are made righteous through obedience.
You say; come on John, I am made righteous through faith in Christ Jesus, in His Person and His work, there is no need for righteousness through obedience. Friend if you have been made righteous through faith in Christ Jesus you will want to be made righteous through obedience.
The Sermon on the Mount warns us about saying Lord, Lord and not obeying His commands.
I enjoy reading this 18th chapter of Ezekiel. The book of Ezekiel is an unfinished puzzle to me, more than any other book in the bible, yet I enjoy chapter 18 for it reinforces our Lord’s teaching of the importance of repentance to God through the parables of the lost sheep, coin and son. It also reminds me of Peter’s reason for the delay in Christ’s return - for Peter tells us the Lord’s slowness is caused by His desire for all to come to repentance, and the "unjust-just" argument reminds us of Romans 3. This chapter frees us all from the weight of who our parents were, we can be more righteous than our parents, and we can be more unrighteous - it's up to us - will we repent, obey and live, or will we reject the Lord, embrace unrighteousness, and die?
God wants us to live - what do we want?
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