Law and Order

Disloyalty is the greatest sin of the end-times. This was the message preached in our church. How do I view disloyalty? It is the backstabbing of the church leadership because of things preached which we do not agree, it is the decision to obey some things, and not obeying some things.

Over the years, God raised up many chosen men, to lead His people to the "promised land". God placed these men in command of many people, and increased their numbers. But because of division, people tend to decide not to obey instructions passed down. As a result, the church was divided into many parts.

In the end-times, God will raise up many leaders. Satan will also through deception raise up his own leaders, whose sole responsibility is to cause the people to disobey God's command. Who are we loyal to? God's people, or satan's?

Is it that hard to discern who is God's side, and who is not? I believe that it isn't. God's people will live by His Word, and will seldom sway from it. Satan's people will challenge God's Word, and try to sway others to believe that it either no longer applies to them (in this age), or that it is "not exactly correct".

Does that sound familiar now? When people try to "bend the rules", justifying that "that rule was in the past, and no longer applies to us", or that "that does not apply to us any more because now and last time is different".

True, we used to be judged by (Moses) Law in the old testament, before Jesus was sent to completely and totally absolve our sins on the cross. That we no longer go to hell because we are judged by our sins, but are judged by grace because of His sacrifice. But NOT TRUE, because we are no longer judged by law, we can go ahead and break them.

True, we "used to" have 10 commandments and had to follow them strictly. But NOT TRUE, "in this age, after Jesus died for us, we no longer need to obey all of them". Jesus said in Matthew 5:17:

(5:17) Teaching about the Law " Don't misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to fulfill them.

What many people seem to be blinded from are the follow 2 verses in Matthew 5:18-19:

(5:18) I assure you, until heaven and earth disappear, even the smallest detail of God's law will remain until its purpose is achieved.
(5:19) So if you break the smallest commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But anyone who obeys God's laws and teaches them will be great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Do these 2 verses tell us anything? It tells us that the laws that God gave Moses still applies to us. Jesus didn't come to undo the laws which God gave to Moses. He merely came to take the brunt of the judgement which came with breaking the laws! This means that every law which appears in the Old Testament still applies to us, but we do not have to bear the punishment (by God) as a result of breaking them.

Now does this give us the joy of breaking the laws? Of course not. Breaking the law is no longer punishable by God, but is punishable on this land which we live in. If we steal, rob, or kill, because of Jesus we will be forgiven in Heaven if we are repentant, but we will still be punished in this land as the rulers here are given the authority to punish us.

That is unless somebody absolves our sins on this earth (and takes our punishments for us like Jesus did), we will still have to take all the consequences and punishments dealt to us! Now I hope that clarifies whether we should still obey the laws in the old testament, for they still DO apply in this age.