Aug 6                                                                                         The Power of God’s Word
It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation. –Galatians 6:15(NLT)
TRANSFORMED INTO A NEW CREATION
A poem and essay by ILMA
The moment you believe in your heavenly father
You will seek to follow him and be united with your sisters and brothers
It doesn’t matter whether you follow religious rituals
You are transformed into a new creation, that’s what’s vital.
Do not live under the law and be religious
That will only be hard work and tedious
God wants you to walk in love and follow him
It is the only way you will enter his kingdom and be redeemed.
The whole book of Galatians was written to disprove their own interpretation of the gospel and their legalistic and ritualistic ways to show others that they belong to God. Paul, the apostle was very bold in dealing with the lies that they perpetuated to deceive others into thinking that the laws they follow is what will save them. Jesus himself confronted the Pharisees and the Scribes who were very legalistic and religious. God wants a relationship with us, not rituals.
Galatians 6:15 assures us that what counts is that we are being transformed into a new creation. It is walking in love that brings us to God’s kingdom.
PRAYER
Lord, deliver me from religion.
REFLECTION
Why do you think Jesus hated religion? What does it do to us?