Grace based relationship versus a law-based relationship

A grace-based relationship thrives on unconditional love, forgiveness, and a willingness to embrace imperfections, fostering growth and deeper connection. In contrast, a law-based relationship often revolves around rigid rules, performance expectations, and a focus on earning approval, which can strain the emotional bond over time. The choice between the two shapes the dynamics of trust, freedom, and mutual respect within the relationship.

Let’s first talk about a law-based relationship and what that looks like. Remember, it revolves around rigid rules, performance expectations, and a focus on earning approval, which can strain the emotional bond over time. No matter what we do, we can’t earn our way into heaven or earn our way into God’s love. God loves us unconditionally. When Jesus walked the earth 2000 plus years ago, he spent most of his time speaking with the Jewish folk. He spoke to them in the only way they would understand, the law (ridged rules, performance expectations and a focus on earning approval).
A perfect example of a grace-based relationship verses a law-based relationship is the women caught in adultery. The law people wanted to stone her, but Jesus who embodied grace and love, told her that they might accuse her, but he didn’t.

Another example is the prodigal son. The brother who stayed had a law-based mentality. The son who stayed was incensed at his father for accepting the prodigal back into the family. The father represents our heavenly father. He was all about forgiveness, grace and love. The law says to judge the prodigal, grace says to accept him and love him.

When we embrace a grace-based relationship, we step into a realm where acceptance and love are not conditional but are gifts freely given. This shift away from judgment and strict adherence to rules allows for transformation that is rooted in kindness and compassion. Grace creates an environment where mistakes are not met with condemnation but with understanding, making room for growth and reconciliation.
In choosing grace, we participate in a divine cycle of healing, restoration, and boundless love.
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Activity Verses Relationship

For over 2000 years Christians have been doing a lot of things in the name of Jesus and some maybe most of it had nothing to do with Jesus. Our priorities and activities may need to be re-evaluated from time to time. Most of us have been told somewhere in our journey to eat from the wrong tree (this is good/this is bad) We have been told that it is all about doing instead of being. If I try to be a better person and always do the right thing, God would be pleased. Now there is nothing wrong with trying to be a better person, however it must be in the right order. I got the cart before the horse. A relationship with the Lord must come first, to obtain the proper outcome.

Mat 6:33

“But first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right—the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also.

Seek first his kingdom or his realm, which is within. The spiritual realm is beyond the natural. We are not seeking a natural kingdom out there somewhere; we are seeking a spiritual realm where the father dwells and that realm is inside of us. What is this spiritual realm?

It’s a higher realm of consciousness built in accordance with the Christ mind or Christ consciousness. The realm of Spirit is wherever God is working to express Himself. When man becomes the perfect image and likeness of God, no other realm will appear to have been.
There is a huge difference between dead works and God works and James is referring to God works. Many times, we are told to do this and that in order to please God. We must discern between what man says and what God says. Sometimes it is the same but sometimes it is not the same. That is where relationship must enter in. If we are in relation with someone, we know that person very well. We know their likes and dislikes. The Bible is a great guide; however it can be misinterpreted. When we know God’s voice there is no chance to misinterpret that beautiful small still voice of the Father.
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Restoration of All Things

Act 3:21
“whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.

Restitution--The resurrection of man to the divine image and likeness in mind and body and to the dominion that has been his from the beginning.

Restitution means restoration of reconstitution. Something has been lost. What was lost? When was it lost and how shall it be restored? The restoration that the Bible is referring to requires us to go back even farther than Eden. Peter spoke to the crowds in the 3rd chapter in the book of Acts.

Here is an interesting thought, If the prophets of old spoke about this great restoration, we must realize that this restoration goes back beyond any of their prophecies, beyond the foundations of the cosmos and beyond the first moment of time. We can’t look at this in a natural, physical realm. So we can’t look at this restoration as something Adam lost, but something God lost. God didn’t misplace and lose his keys. Jesus came to seek and save what was lost. Luke 19:10. Christ came to save not just he who was lost, but the thing that was lost. We are not being restored to Adam, we are being restored to Christ, where we hold out true identity, where there is no beginning and will be no end.