We Live by a Different Set of Laws

“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” (Rom 8:2).

“The law of sin and death” is the earth’s cursed system. After the fall of Adam, the Lord told Adam that because he disregarded obeying God’s command, the earth was now cursed and man would have to till the ground and sweat for his needs and provisions (Gen 3:19-24). Grace was no longer.

But Christ has restored us who believe, back to grace. The cursed earth and its sorrows and toils doesn’t apply to us. With the establishment of the new testament, we live by the Kingdom’s laws, on earth as it is in heaven.

The laws of PROVISION and DOMINION that Adam had in the garden (the Sabbath rest) are reinstituted by Christ thru GRACE (Heb 3 and 4). That’s how Jesus could say, “Labour not (don’t sweat) for the meat which perisheth, but (trust the Father) for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall GIVE unto you: for him hath God the Father SEALED (in grace).” (Jn 6:27).  And again, He said, “Seek ye FIRST the (laws of) Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and ALL these things shall be added unto you.” (Mt 6:33).

We have been: “Delivered from the power of darkness, and have been translated into the Kingdom of His dear Son.” (Col 1:13).

The same as the law of lift/thrust supersede the laws of gravity, the laws of grace supersede the earth-cursed laws. As long as Adam and Eve believed God, they had life — abundant life, and abundant provisions, full of the joy of sweet fellowship with their Father. Trusting God with all their heart would have protected them. But disobedience caused them to die spiritually and fall from grace.

But when Jesus came, He said, “I am the resurrection and the life.” (Jn 11:25).  He meant was that He had come to reverse this curse. “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.” (1 Cor 15:22).  “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree that we might live to righteousness.” (1 Pet 2:24). “The wages of sin is death (earth-curse), but the free gift of God is eternal life (of grace) through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Rom 6:23).

Why is believing in Christ so crucial? Because the fall of Adam and Eve was the failure to believe and to trust in God. However, because “God so loved the world, He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.” (Jn 3:16). Jesus paid the penalty for this treason of Adam by bearing the curse (Gal 3:13). And everyone who believes in Him is raised from the dead (and its curse) just as Jesus was resurrected (1 Cor 15:52–53).

Now, “That which is born of the Spirit is Spirit.” (Jn 3:6). When a person believes in Jesus they are “born again” into the Kingdom of God (John 3:3). The believer is sparked again with the life of God which Adam lost. To this believer He says,”I am in you and you are in Me.” (Jn 14:20).

Adam’s one act of disobedience brought both sin and death upon mankind. Christ’s one act of obedience on the cross, brought about the solution to this curse. The work of Christ offers all men not only the promise of the forgiveness of their sins, but a new identity and a new beginning in Christ. As a son of God and therefore a NEW MAN, we have entered into the Sabbath REST (salvation, healing, all provisions, all wisdom and the full inheritance of Christ).

That’s why Jesus rebuked the Pharisees who had so many rules about the Sabbath, saying, “The Sabbath (REST) was made for man and not man for (the suffering of so many rules of) the Sabbath.” (Mk 2:27). (We were made to be provided for, not to sweat for provisions). “So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” (Mt 12:8).  “Christ is the end of the law (earth-curse) for everyone who believes.” (Ro 10:4).  Jesus’ redeeming grace and all its provisions supersede the earth-curse laws of sweating for life’s needs.

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to FULFILL them.” (Mt 5:17). –to complete it and to show you how to work the laws of the Kingdom.

When God RESTED, He was admiring the completion of all that was DONE, all was provided for. There was no work left for Adam to do, but to govern. Adam entered into God’s rest, full provision, full dominion, full authority and power. He was the god on earth, made after the image of God.

All through the Old Testament, God insisted on the Sabbath as a sign that God wanted to be the source of man’s provisions. He was trying to show them that He could supply everything needed for man, and He even caused double provisions on the 6th day, so that on the 7th, there was no worry, no concern, no sweat, just fellowship and communion. Sabbath means “cease from work/sweat”

The Jews were constantly “laboring” to make themselves acceptable to God. Their labors included trying to obey a long list of do’s and don’ts. But Christ, “after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right of God” (Hebrews 10:12). Just as He rested after performing the ultimate sacrifice, He sat down and RESTED—ceased from His labor of atonement because there was nothing more to be done, ever. And, because of what He did, we ALSO enter into that same REST. We no longer have to “labor” in law-keeping nor in self-effort in order to be justified in the sight of God. We enter into His rest, into God’s grace. Jesus was sent so that we might again find that REST (of grace) in God.

Jesus brought righteousness back to anyone who believes. “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Cor  5:21). We can now cease from our spiritual labors and rest in Him, not just one day a week, but always.

Salvation includes not only healing, but the full REST of God… GRACE is the full Sabbath. The original non-sweat testament given to Adam is reinstated and made perfect In Christ. It’s all done. All is provided. No self effort, only faith in the promises.

We no longer rest for only ONE day, but we’ve entered into His rest FOREVER and therefore we cease our laboring and sweating. We can live by the laws of the Kingdom in full dominion by commanding and enforcing Christ’ Victory.  That’s how we  “enter in” to the Sabbath rest provided by Christ.

“There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of unbelief” (Heb 4:9–11).

Paul insisted on that when he wrote, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world (‘s laws), but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”. (Romans 12:1). He was telling us that by renewing our mind to God’s Word, we can live by the laws of the Kingdom of God and be a proof of God’s will in this world.

There is no other Sabbath rest besides JESUS. He alone satisfies the requirements of the Law, and He alone provides the sacrifice that atones for the cursed earth. He is God’s plan for us to cease from the labor of our own works. We dare not reject this one-and-only way of salvation (John 14:6).

So this is VERY important because it unwraps so many of Jesus’ instructions. “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?” (Mat 6:25)

“Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Lk 12:23-31)

Jesus was telling people that faith in God’s REST would open the door to all provisions, all of your needs. He said, why do you go after all this stuff, like the heathen (the people living by the earth-cursed laws) do? Your Father is aware of your needs and He wants to provide for you, the same as He does for the sparrow and the lilies. He said, “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” (Lk 12:32)

“Come unto me, all ye that labour (sweat) and are heavy laden, and I will give you REST. Take my yoke upon you, and learn (the Kingdom’s laws) of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find REST unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (Mat 11:28-29)

Now, re-read John 15:7 if you want a real RUSH.