"She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21.

Believers, in Christ, we are not under Law but under Grace. See our Lord God's words to us in Hebrews 8 regarding the new covenant (GRACE) that we have with Him in Christ Jesus-

"7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. 

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

11 None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 

12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

Consider verse 12 above. In Christ, God does not remember our sins. Don’t let anyone deceive you into believing that God has your sin records filed away somewhere and will replay the video of your past sinful life for you before conscripting you to hell that Christ died to save us from. You see those same sins that you struggle with and which false preachers say you should save yourself from or else God will punish you, God Himself sent His own Son to save you from them. Titus 2:14 says of Him:

"He gave His life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us His very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds."

The more you try to save yourself from your sins by trying to obey the Law, the more sin will strengthen its grip over your life- "For sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under Law but under Grace." Romans 6:14. Believer, let's not read this verse backwards. The arm of flesh (human effort at attaining godliness) will fail. Our very best efforts at keeping the Law and trying to live a righteous life are like a menstrual rag in God's sight:

"We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in Your sight." Isaiah 64:6.

Believer, stop trying and start believing and Christ will save you from those sins, addictions and earthly ills that you struggle. He Himself will transform and cause you to live right as His word says in Titus 2:14. God counsels us in Isaiah 30:15-17-

"God, the Master, The Holy of Israel,

    has this solemn counsel:

“Your salvation requires you to turn back to me

    and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves.

Your strength will come from settling down

    in complete dependence on me—

The very thing

    you’ve been unwilling to do."

I let many things slide with my kids for many reasons, but in Christ, God did not forgive our sins because we are cute and cuddly or because He knows that we are sorry. He has to punish EVERY sin. His righteousness demands it and the wages of sin is death; a death that He gave His own Son to die for us because He loved us so. 

We are forgiven and made righteous on a righteous foundation - Jesus Christ who had no sins of His own to die for. He died for ours. Our acquittal from judgment is not based on our own obedience but on the obedience of Christ. God will not punish the same sin twice. Christ overpaid the wages of our sin. God is righteous in saving the sinner who puts his faith in Jesus Christ. See Romans 3:26-28:

“...and He makes sinners right in His sight when they believe in Jesus.

27 Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith. 28 So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.”

Also check out our Abba Father’s word Hebrews 8:11:

"None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.”

The word "know" is used twice in the passage but they aren't the same word  in the original Greek translation. They mean different things!

The first: "None of them shall teach his neighbor, and  none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’" 

The word "know" here is from the greek word "ginosko" which means "to know experientially." It is knowledge gained by trial and practice. It depends on you. This is of the Law. It speaks of human effort at knowing God.

The second: "for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them."

The word "know" here is from the greek word "eido" which means "to know intuitively." It is knowledge perceived immediately, and requiring no application of reason. Knowing the Lord this way has got nothing to do with our own efforts at getting to know Him by keeping the Law. It's all the Lord's doing. It's a gift. This is Grace!

We see this in Christ's words in John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him [giving him the desire to come to Me]; and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day." 

And Philippians  2:13- “for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.”

From being called by the Father and doing His good pleasure to being caught up with Christ at His coming (The Rapture). Nothing to do with us. All to do with our wonderful Saviour and Shepherd Jesus Christ who leads us on the path of righteousness. We get to live right. We get to be free from sinful habits and addictions.

In Christ, we are taught by the Lord Himself. The Holy Spirit teaches us all things. The Lord our Shepherd makes us lie down in green pastures where we feed on what came through Him (Grace and Truth) that brings life; and not the Law which was given by Moses. The letter kills. 

Believers, just send God’s Word (Grace) into people’s lives by faith and trust the Holy Spirit to do the teaching and imparting; and the transforming to the image of the Lord's glory, from glory to glory. 2 Corinthians 3:18.

By God's Grace, beware of antichrist pastors who preach reliance/dependence on human effort aka the arm of flesh that will fail as the means of  living a godly life (being like God!) but deny the power of the Holy Spirit to transform even the vilest offender who truly believes in Jesus to being Christ-like. 

Remember the Law is not of Faith! 

Believe Right and you will Live Right.