Principles, Laws And Patterns

Apostle Grace Lubega

Romans 15:4 (KJV); For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

The instruction of the scriptures can be understood in three ways: principles, laws, and patterns.

The principles are the things that we are required by scripture to do; the patterns are what we imitate and the laws are the things by which we function by virtue of our nature.

The Word of God will always point you to a principle, a pattern or a law.

However, it is important to understand that all of these function by grace.

There are those who are very set on the principles and practice them diligently but their efforts are of works and have not yielded to the working of the grace of God in and through them.

There are those who are keen on the patterns laid out by the scriptures but they forget the person of grace, Christ who is the ultimate pattern.

Some understand the laws of the spirit and seek to embrace them outside the grace by which these laws must function in them.

Not so, child of God.

Every time a person seeks to practice principles, follow patterns and function by the laws of the spirit in their own ability, they short circuit the flow of the grace of God.

When you short circuit the flow of the grace of God, you limit the extent to which you can go in achieving what you ought to achieve.

You must always maintain a vulnerability before God through grace.

His name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Philippians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 15:10

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The instruction of the scriptures can be understood in three ways: principles, laws, and patterns. The principles are the things that we do or have been done; the patterns are what we imitate and the laws are the things by which we function by virtue of our nature.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for this Word. I read and study the scriptures in this understanding. I receive instruction in this knowledge, to see the principles you have laid out, the patterns you show and the laws you have established. By grace, I yield to this wisdom and grow through it every day. In Jesus’ name. Amen.