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Daily Bible Thought: The Relentless Adversary

Luke.12:58 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 12:59 I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny.{literally, lepton. A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily wages.}"

At the end of chapter twelve of Matthew Christ words have presented his listener with many opposing thoughts throughout chapter twelve, or has he? To the reader it seem that Christ presented a juxtaposition, which is different facts side by side?

Matt.18:3 and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. 18:4 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

But in reality Christ has stated the position of human under sin who have no way out without faith in him. Each circumstance seems, if we are honest, impossible for us human to do? Subsequently, that is the whole point! Which is showing a people found under law that they have a relentless accuser pointing out their sin in how far we all fall short of God's glory that was expressed upon earth in the Son of God Christ Jesus, without sin as God's perfect sterling example of faith without sin.

Rom.7:12 Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good. 7:13 Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.

So how do we free ourselves of this adversary when we go to court with law against us? We seem to fall short in everything, out faith, we fail short in direction in life. we lose sight of God more times than not, we brag, and boast in our accomplishment unlike Christ, the list is endless. It seems on every sore spot we are condemned, how do we not pay out our last coin in this rebellious flesh upon earth when headed to court with a perfect righteous law as our adversary?

Proverbs 25:8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

It is only by faith; once again this is the thread of truth throughout Christ words in chapter twelve, although, his thoughts seemingly disconnected we are forced time and again if we are honest to realize without faith we don't have a chance. Now we are faced with Christ final thoughts in chapter twelve, who has the power to free themselves of an adversary when headed to court without compromising everything one believes in to sell themselves to the adversary or just lay down and take whatever he is accusing us of, how many of us can do that?

Mark 13:11 When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

Mark 3:29 but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"

Christ didn't connect the dots, the Holy Spirit would, without a doubt Holy Spirit would connect the dots for his apostles once it was pour out. Without the Holy Spirit one would take a fleshly approach to Christ words and spout all manner of seeds of weeds, that is, a legal minded approach by degrees of sin, justifying self while condemning others. But those connect by faith from the Holy Spirit would soon realize God was giving them the solution to every human problem under sin, and what was that solution? A new life, in Christ Jesus which freed them of sin, and the accuser of us, the law that without feelings or prejudiced condemning all sin as wicked, making all of us worthy of sins wages death with no way out!

1Tim.1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,
1:9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 1:10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

In other words, how can we stop sinning? We can't! So how could we do the things required of us by God's standards? Its impossible without faith in Christ. Here was the truth, the problem facing Israel would they continue to go to court one against another by the law which could not be overcame before God by a sinner, or would they truly forgive each one his brother as God was doing for them? No longer condemning them by giving them Christ Jesus his own glory upon earth purchasing them from sin and its condemnation?

Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

Romans 9:32 Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

The freedom came when they released others of the debt owed for sinning; death! Yes, release and you with be released. Wittingly or unwittingly proving that someone sins is a given! That has been proven in a court of law long before any of us were born, going to court and proving we sin can't release us, it simply condemns us back into death.

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

Romans 7:10 The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;

But giving a person the life of Christ that is what release them from their deserved judgment, and that is what God does for us, which gives them what? Life, the eternal life of Christ indwelling us freely freeing us from are relentless adversary - sins law.

Matt.7:1 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. 7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

Matt.18:23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. 18:24 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.{Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's wages for agricultural labor.} 18:25 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
18:26 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'
18:27 The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
18:28 "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii,{100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent.} and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
18:29 "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'
18:30 He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.
18:31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.
18:32 Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.
18:33 Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'
18:34 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.
18:35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."

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