New Book Coming Soon!

I am very excited about the latest book being published at Ministers of the New Covenant. This is a "reader-friendly" book that aims to encourage people to re-think the paradigm that Biblical law is outdated, burdensome, taxing, and harsh. The Creator's law has not been destroyed, and is a law of relief, freedom, and love. Here is an excerpt from chapter one...

"Here is the key though, when you serve God you are walking in the freedom that God has to offer you. There is freedom found in His law. Exodus 20:1 teaches that Yahweh brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Did he bring them out of bondage so he could lead them to Mount Sinai and give them laws of bondage? Of course not. Yahweh gave the Israelites laws of liberty, as the following Scriptures from Psalm 119 show.

· And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. (Psalm 119:45 KJV)

· Your statutes are [the theme of] my song during my earthly life. (Psalm 119:54)

· Yahweh, the earth is filled with Your faithful love; teach me Your statutes. (Psalm 119:64)

· I will never forget Your precepts, for You have given me life through them. (Psalm 119:93)

I illustrate the point of freedom in obeying the law like this. Let’s suppose you are driving down the road and you are obeying all the traffic and vehicle regulations. You aren’t speeding, you are wearing your seat belt, and you are making sure to stop at all the red lights and stop signs. Out of nowhere appears a policeman. Do you feel worried or afraid? No, because you are abiding by the law. You have no need to worry about the policeman pulling you over and writing you a ticket. You are keeping the law and you are walking (or in this case driving) in liberty. Picture the same scenario, but this time you are not obeying the law. You’ve got your seat belt off, you are going 20 mph over the speed limit, and you just sped through a red light at a major intersection. What do you feel like when the police car appears out of nowhere? I would say there would be an immediate shockwave go throughout your body. You may even grit your teeth because you know what you’ve got coming to you. You are a lawbreaker, and you are in bondage. You must have a ticket given to you. You are not free.

What you may have forgotten for a moment is that what we are discussing right now is how things are taught in the Old Testament. We’ve looked at several Old Testament Scriptures thus far and all of them teach what I have just illustrated. There is freedom in the law of Yahweh. The Israelites never looked at the law that Yahweh gave them as bondage. They looked at it as loving instruction from a loving Father. As a loving Father, He looks out for us and gives us rules to see that we do not get hurt in this life we live."

EMJ