It was a clear afternoon, the sunshine moved in with its balmy fingers easing out the chill, filling it with quiet expectancy. The mood was upbeat at the Edinburg Airport, Scotland. When the plane lifted off it was to a blue sky dotted with gentle wisps of cloud. The plane nosed ahead to its destination Dublin. Was it excitement? Sure it was to the 32 members of the WCCM mission trip headed now to Dublin, Ireland.
The plane landed and after we collected our luggage we piled onto the bus which would take us to the hotel. Instructions, hot shower, dinner, sleep!
A new day, a new promise, team heads off to Solid Rock Church, Drogheda, Ireland. Enter International Evangelist, Rev Dr Rick Jones, from Bedford, Texas USA. A man who lives across the Atlantic, starts praying for the land as God would lay upon his heart.
Now his passion had brought him to meet with the people he prayed for. As the speaker at the special meetings each evening, he brought one scripture to the fore.
Let me stop and ask you this, now that we are the new covenant people and all that, are we under the law or are we under grace? Got your attention, didn’t I?
The law was given to Moses and that is all old and over with since Jesus established a new covenant and we are in the new covenant. Jesus was the fulfillment of the law and so therefore we are now free, right? Actually, wrong. (more…)