THE LAW AND GRACE by Kay Daniels

The law came via Moses while Grace came through Jesus Christ. Self righteousness often brings about fear. This could be seen in Job. Rather than believe in God's hedge around him, he made sacrifices to keep his children safe. Rather than believe in the finished works of God concerning his safety, he rather wanted to keep himself safe by some works of his. 

And it came about when their days of feasting had completed its cycle, that Job would send and sanctify them, and rise up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts”. Thus Job did continually. Job 1:5

This law consciousness brings about self righteousness. This could be seen in Eve. Let's consider the dialogue between Eve and Satan. 

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Really, did God say, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’” Genesis 3:1

And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ” Prov 30:6.⚜

And the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil”.Genesis 3:2-5

The question is, what did God create then in Genesis chapter 1: 26? 

And God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth”.Genesis 1:26

God created man a God - like being, and all man needed was to believe in what God had made him and not try to do something to be like God. 

What I discovered is that the law wants us to observe and do, but grace wants us to believe and likewise speak.

When we say what we believe from God's word, God does the work in us, making the outward manifestation automatic. 

for it is God who is working in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Philippians 2:13

The law selects the works you must do to be made righteous while grace does the work in you, making you the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. 

You are what God says and not what your works say. 

Jesus had to curse the fig tree even though it was not the time of figs. This i believe is because fig reminds us of self righteousness as we could see in the story of Adam and Eve. They cloth themselves with fig leaves but God had to cloth them properly with coats of skin. 

I pray that as you step into the month of August, may you catch a revelation on the mystery of Grace that makes all things great. This shall initiate a supernatural shift that would bring about divine. promotion in Jesus name. 

Since we have the same spirit of faith as what is written, “I believed, and therefore I have spoken”, we also believe and therefore speak, 2 Corinthians 4:13

All your faith driven declaration would culminate in uncommon manifestation in Jesus name. 

Kay Daniels