The Perfect Law Of Liberty

I read this verse in the picture the other day and it pricked my ear, I had to bookmark it. There are several things within the verse to look at. The first is this, ‘The Perfect Law Of Liberty.’ It tells us that if we look intently at the law of liberty………… But what is the Perfect Law of Liberty?

There are plenty of scriptures that relate to this which I cannot share them all. But here are two from Hebrews.

“This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days , says the Lord : I will put My laws upon their heart, And on their mind I will write them,” He then says, “And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin. Hebrews 10:16-18

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds, And I will write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, And they shall be My people.  Hebrews 8:10 NASB1995

It is clear that this perfect law is different to the law of Moses. Joshua was told to keep the law of Moses and meditate on it day and night, to do it. Trying to keep the law of Moses in our humanity, is a bondage, forever trying and not ever achieving. The law of liberty, means that we are set free from bondage to the law of Moses. The Law of Moses highlights our sin, and the consequence of sin is death. Not just the death of our bodies, but the lake of fire, the second death.

From the scriptures in Hebrews, it tells us that this law of freedom is not of what we have done to read and meditate; although that is a part of it; it is a law that God puts/writes upon our minds and hearts. It is something that God does. There have been times that God’s word comes at a time that I need it. It is not that I am trying to remember the right thing at the time, but it just comes into mind. When I was a young Christian this used to amaze me, because sometimes I would be able to bring things, or say the word of God. I would think to myself that I have not read that before. Then I have to find out where it was in my bible.

These days I know that I have read it sometime before, having read through the whole Bible a few times. But I do not have to remember it all, there are things that I do remember chapter and verse. Which is good, I think, but not needed. Like most Christians, I have favourite verses. These next ones for instance.

‘Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.’ Romans 8:1-4

Verse 2 says that we have been set free from the law of sin and death. The law of sin and death is the law of Moses. It goes on to say that walking according to the Spirit is walking in freedom. The requirement of the law of sin and death is fulfilled through Jesus, so we are left with the law of the Spirit of life. This is the law of liberty, the law of freedom. It is the grace of God towards us, by His love. 

More to come!

Charlie