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Jesus Wants Our Hearts
It’s easy to let rules and laws take over our lives. We often want to be sure we’re doing exactly the right thing all the time, especially when it comes to our faith. We ask: Am I serving enough? Am I worshiping the right way? Am I doing this right?
In the end, none of that stuff really matters; it’s our hearts that Christ really cares about. In Galatians, Paul is telling the people to stop worrying so much about what the law says, and to do what the Spirit is telling them to do. “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” Circumcision was the law, and it was all people really cared about. Paul was telling the people to forget the law and focus on their hearts.
Whether we follow the rules or not isn’t going to get us into heaven, we are saved by God’s grace through faith, and it’s the act of showing that faith to others through love that really matters.
Written By Loryn Hammer
Student, Oklahoma Christian University
It’s easy to let rules and laws take over our lives. We often want to be sure we’re doing exactly the right thing all the time, especially when it comes to our faith. We ask: Am I serving enough? Am I worshiping the right way? Am I doing this right?
In the end, none of that stuff really matters; it’s our hearts that Christ really cares about. In Galatians, Paul is telling the people to stop worrying so much about what the law says, and to do what the Spirit is telling them to do. “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” Circumcision was the law, and it was all people really cared about. Paul was telling the people to forget the law and focus on their hearts.
Whether we follow the rules or not isn’t going to get us into heaven, we are saved by God’s grace through faith, and it’s the act of showing that faith to others through love that really matters.
Written By Loryn Hammer
Student, Oklahoma Christian University
About this Plan
We invite you to join us in reading through the New Testament. If you dedicate about 25 minutes to this plan every day, you will have completed the entire New Testament in 60 days! May the Lord bless you as you become "Daily Versed" and experience the Lord through His word.
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