The law cannot judge something that is always Now


Hebrews 11:1 says, “NOW, faith is…”

Habakkuk 2:4, Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, Hebrews 10:38 all reiterate,

THE JUST (those who are and made righteous through Christ) SHALL LIVE BY FAITH (His faith).”

A good description of NOW can be seen in the Latin tense of verbs. In 382, St. Jerome, translated the Hebrew Tanakh into the Latin Vulgate bible. One particular verb tense is called PRESENT PERFECT TENSE. This refers to something that is fully completed in every way now. Perhaps spiritually you could say ETERNAL PRESENT PERFECT TENSE.

In Gal. 4:4-5, the Father sent His Son from eternity to this ‘creation under time’ to redeem those under the curse of the law. The revelation of His righteousness and Him redeems those under the law. It also redeems time. If we walk and live by faith in the Spirit by grace, then spiritually we walk under grace. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty, 2 Cor. 3:17. The law judges those who are lawbreakers according to flesh. It cannot judge those according to the Spirit, Rom. 8:1, 6:14. If I am the righteousness of God then this righteousness is immutable by grace because God’s nature and His righteousness are immutable as well, Rom. 3:22.

Adam created the fallen (eventually sinful) nature and time itself at the Fall in the garden of Eden.

If I am in Christ, then I live by His faith. If I live by His faith then I always live in present perfect tense all the time by faith through revelation. Romans 8:1 says, “[There is] therefore NOW no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” The law cannot judge someone who is in perfect present tense by design of the Creator. Christ is the perfect, unblemished lamb Who was slain before the foundations of the earth, 1 Peter 1:19-20. His work on the cross is a fully completed work in every thought possible.

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