• I Remember Once My Car Was Not Running Quite ...

  Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 13, 2010 (message contributor)

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  Tags:  Law

  Denomination: Baptist

I REMEMBER ONCE MY CAR WAS NOT RUNNING QUITE RIGHT - I CHOSE TO IGNORE IT THINKING IT MIGHT GO AWAY – BUT IT DIDN’T - I REMEMBER THE NEXT DAY OPENING THE BONNET FIDDLING WITH THE WIRES AND SO ON - YET THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED - SO I TOOK IT INTO THE GARAGE – THEY RAN A FREE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK UP. THEY CHECKED OVER 97 POINTS AND THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM SIMPLY A LITTLE SPRING VALVE WAS BLOCKED UP CAUSING THE CAR TO MALFUNCTION - IT WASN’T MUCH - BUT IT EFFECTED THE WHOLE CAR. I COULDN’T FIX THE PROBLEM MYSELF - I HAD NO IDEA BUT THE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK POINTED OUT THE FAULT AND ENABLED THE MECHANIC TO FIX IT – WHEN I HAD AGREED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE REPAIR

• IN THE SAME WAY IN OUR LIVES WE OFTEN RUN OUR LIVES WITH LITTLE FAULTS - WHICH BECOME BIG FAULTS WE IGNORE OR TRY TO FIX OURSELVES BUT ITS NOT UNTIL WE BRING OURSELVES UNDER THE LAW OF GOD WILL WE FIND THE REAL FAULT - AS IT BRINGS CONVICTION OF SIN, IT SHOWS OUR FAULTS ……

• GAL3:22-24 THE LAW LEADS US TO CHRIST.

PLEASE NOTE THE LAW OF GOD CANNOT FIX US – IT CAN ONLY DIAGNOSE OUR PROBLEM - IT CAN ONLY LEAD US TO CHRIST ONLY CHRIST CAN FIX US - BUT FIRST WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE DIAGNOSIS THE LAW OF GOD BRINGS UPON YOUR LIFE AS SINNER AND ALLOW THE WORK OF CHRIST TO BE APPLIED TO OUR LIVES. IF THE VOICE OF THE LAW IS ACCUSATION - THE VOICE OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST IS CONSOLING. BOTH ARE INTRINSICALLY BOUND TO ONE ANOTHER AND CANNOT COMPLETE ITS PURPOSE WITHOUT ONE ANOTHER….