Reasons we follow God's laws

     

      The law is all about "do good, get good" or "do good 

else God will punish you". But Grace is all about "do good 

with love because you want to do it". So what I am saying is 

that, people(over 75% of the world) who are still under the law 

try to do good for 1 or 2 of the following reasons: 

1. So that God won't punish them. 

2.To please God so that God will repay them with more

blessings. 

       First of all, if you are following God's laws simply 

because you are scared of condemnation, it means you are 

not following his laws with any Love. It means the only 

reason you are following the law is so that God would not 

punish you. That is a huge mistake. If we are obeying God's 

laws for fear of punishment, it means we don't know how 

loving, caring, and merciful God is. And that implies that we 

don't even know the father. We don't really understand who 

God is. My dear brethren, God is full of love not 

condemnation. Think about it. How can a man sacrifice His 

only son for you and yet you still think He would condemn 

you? God is our heavenly loving father, not our heavenly 

condemning father. He loves us so much that He sacrificed 

His only holy son on the cross(see Jn 3:16) so that we should 

experience His true love and mercy; which means no more 

condemnation(His law). So God's aim is not to condemn 

people or punish people. His aim is that He would love and 

care for us, and we would love and serve Him. Think of it this 

way. Is a loving father's main aim to punish the son over any 

little mistake? Definitely not. So why do we keep condemning 

people and making people feel bad with the law? God gave 

these laws to show our mistake and then gave Jesus(Grace) 

to solve those mistakes. So my question is "why are we going 

back to laws which Jesus fulfilled and abolished"?  

      Secondly, we are still trying to please God. If you want to 

please God, simply accept Jesus in your heart sincerely. The 

bible says "seek ye first the kingdom of God and everything 

else shall follow"(see Matt 6:33). Following God's law(which 

he abolished) is not seeking first the kingdom. Following the 

law means that we want to try on our own to please God. 

We keep thinking that the more we follow God's law, the 

more He blesses us. I am here to tell you that, that is not the 

God we serve. God blesses His children according to His will. 

The bible didn't say "God blesses His children according to 

number of laws they obey". The bible points out that God 

blesses His children according to His riches in glory in Christ 

(see Phil 4:19). So, all you have to do is to sincerely accept 

Christ in your life wholeheartedly and receive the abundant 

blessings from God; as simple as that. Remember, Jesus is 

easy to receive but not cheap.