No More by WORKS

Since salvation after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Christianity has evolved to a dimension that many believers are still yet to understand.
In the old testament, before the coming of Christ, mankind was judged by what he did; in those days, people were justified based on what there did or did not do.
But since after the resurrection, everything changed; Christianity is no longer by our works.
Nobody in the old testament could please God a hundred percent.
Since the fall of man, God's standard for mankind was completely altered.

For instance, we were not supposed to die in the first place, Adam was created to live for all eternity, but after his fall, he lost access to the tree of life, and everything collapsed.
From that point till today, things haven't been the same.

Now let me draw a line; the coming of Christ was to restore mankind back to what Adam lost.
Jesus Christ came to destroy the works of the devil; which is sin, something that got incorporated into the human race because of Adam's disobedience.
1 John  3:8 
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Jesus Christ came as a second Adam, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to correct the mistakes of the first Adam
1 Corinthians  15:45 
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were not justified by their works, as a matter of scriptural truth, there wasn't any stipulated template that justified and qualified them children of God.
For as long as he maintained his God status by staying away from the tree of death, everything was going to be well.
Genesis  2:
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

God the Almighty, didn't have to write laws for Adam to follow, because everything he did in the garden pleased God.
Adam carried the very nature of God, and for as long as he stayed away from the tree of death, all he did was perfect in God's sight.

But something happened after a while; Eve was deceived into eating from the tree God forbidden them to touch, unfortunately, Adam did same.
The moment Adam ate of that tree, the entire perfection of creation changed drastically.
Adam became a sinner, and everything he did afterwards was unpleasing to God. He automatically activated what I call "the nature of sin", that has existed trans-generationally ever since.

That nature of sin still exists today; everyone born of a woman carries same.
Romans  5:19 
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Because of Adam, the whole human race became people of a sinful nature, and as a result, everything we do in that nature never pleases God.
It was after the fall that God started bringing laws and commandments.
In Eden, Adam didn't need any of that.

But the death a resurrection of Jesus Christ changed everything.
His resurrection brought salvation!

What then is Salvation?
Salvation was God's way of connecting back the human race to His original plan at creation.
Notice that after Adam, and before Jesus Christ came, thousands of years went by, with different people trying to please God by their works, but to know avail.
This was because, the nature of sin was already on all mankind.
Now, after Christ resurrected, the original order of things supernatural came into effect by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Just like in Eden, our tree of life today is Jesus Christ, and for as long as we accept Him into our lives, and believe in Him, we become saved by our Faith in Christ, through Grace.
We become righteous in God's sight because of Him.
This makes us to be exactly like how Adam was before the fall.

By receiving Jesus Christ into your life, and allowing Him be Lord over your life, you become a citizen of heaven, with same privileges Adam had in Eden.
Because of Jesus Christ, all you do now pleases God, you've inbuilt in you the capacity to make God happy, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
It's no more by the works of the law; religion profits nothing, but revelation.
Our access to revelation is our ticket to living a life pleasing to God.

Romans  2:
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. 
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 
27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? 
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

You can begin this righteousness lifestyle today.

It's very simple, and so special because we're still at the beginning of a new year.

You can start building a more meaningful life, one that will please God all the days of your life.

Say this prayer of Faith;

Lord Jesus

I'm a Sinner

Forgive me my sins

Wash me with your Precious Blood

I believe you died

And on the third day rose

That I might be justified

Thank you Father

For saving me

Amen!

Congratulations!!!