Hold Fast to What is Good

“Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.

Romans 2:14-15

Cornelius was not a Jew but he was an honorable man.

His story is told in the Book of Acts.

But the book of Romans Chapter two paints a portrait of men like Cornelius.

There were many who, though not Jews, kept the ‘spirit’ of the law.

God honored that.

At the same time there were many Jews who, though circumcised and boasting in their lineage violated the law over and over again.

For them there was no safety in their ancestry.

In fact they dishonored their ancestry by their disobedience.

Many of the Gentiles actually honored the “Fathers of the Faith” by their adherence to the spirit of the law God gave.

We still honor God with our obedience and by not holding fast to dead traditions

Let go of those things that hold you but do not draw you nearer to the Lord.

Hold fast to those things that bring you into intimate fellowship with Him!