A Word of Encouragement

January 31, 2026

PA013 - Tranquility

Grace, Hope & Peace, Friend;

Jesus said, "The great commandments of the Law are to love God with every fiber of your being and to love your neighbor as you love yourself. Everything in the Law and everything God has said to humanity. through the prophets, is summed up in these two commandments." (Matthew 22:36-40)

Paul wrote, "The one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law... Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law." (Romans 13:8-10)

And John wrote, "We love, because He first loved us." (1 John 4:19)

After writing that Jesus has set us free from slavery and adopted into God's family, as sons and daughters, (Galatians 4:4-7) Paul wrote,

It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
	Galatians 5:1

"Don't subject yourself to the Law again." The Law was given to point us to Jesus (Galatians 3:24-25) by showing us we need to be reconciled to God, and we can’t be 'good enough' to earn it.

I testify again to every man who has himself circumcised, that he is obligated to keep the whole Law. You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by the Law; you have fallen from grace.
	Galatians 5:3-4

Subjecting ourselves to keeping part of the Law subjects us to all of it! We no longer rely on Jesus' grace for reconciliation, instead, by trying to be righteous on our own, we subject ourselves to the bondage of the Law. Instead,

We, through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
	Galatians 5:5

Trusting in Jesus' redemption and guided by the Holy Spirit, we can love as He told us to - the way He loves us - as we wait for Him to cover us with His righteousness. That is why He came!

Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.
	Matthew 5:17

Trust Him and let His Spirit fulfill the Law through you.

Adonai-Tsidenku -Lord our righteousness - fulfill Your Law through me.

He has remembered His covenant forever
	Psalm 105:8a

By faith,