Opposites

Living by Grace

Jesus said He would divide the nations.  HE will put the goats on the LEFT and the Sheep on the RIGHT.

HE will also tell those on the left to depart from Him into everlasting destruction.

But He will give eternal life to those on the Right.  So, it is very important to understand what this LEFT AND RIGHT means, spiritually.

They are OPPOSITES.  They are LAW AND GRACE.  When facing the North the West is to your LEFT.  West shows the going down of the Sun, so darkness is near.  When facing the North East is to your Right.  So East shows the rising of the Sun or the beginning of a new day.  They show darkness and light;  or death and life.  But Spiritually they show LAW AND GRACE.

This is very important to fully understand the Truth of God’s Holy Word.  There are two different TREES all through Scripture.  They are the most important thing in the world to come to understand.  They mean the difference in eternal DAMNATION or eternal LIFE. 

Yet it seems that very few have ever come to know the difference.  Very few ever come to know what the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil is.  Almost everyone is eating from that tree of the knowledge of good and evil;  yet they do not even know what it is. 

There are two Adams in Scripture:  first-man Adam and second-man Adam.  You are either in one or the other.  As in Adam all die.  This is first-man Adam.  In Christ Jesus is life eternal.  This is second-man Adam.  But how can you tell which one you are in?  It all depends upon which TREE you are EATING OF.  So, don’t you see how important it is to come to know what those two trees are?

Those who are eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil are blind, deaf and dead, spiritually.  Yet they do not put forth any effort to discover what this tree is.  They blindly eat of it all the days of their lives and die a horrible death, ending up in total darkness forever. 

Jesus said whosoever has an ear let him HEAR.  This means come to understand the TRUTH.  You cannot do this unless you diligently seek the Lord;  study His word.  Obey his word.  Knock on His door till He opens your understanding.  Truth is written in Scripture.  So if you are believing things that are not written in Scripture it is not truth.

So, in order to understand what those two trees are you must find the answer in written Scripture.  Do not accept what anyone tells you unless they can read it to you in the King James Scripture.  You may think this is not important, but men have changed God’s truth into a lie by adding to and taking away from this truly anointed Book.

I am going a long way to show you something very important that has been hidden all these years to almost everyone.  Men have made up lies and told them as HISTORY so long that you just believe those lies and accept blindness.

You will lose your soul thinking that you have eternal life because you did not diligently seek the Word of God for HIS truth.  And when you did finally hear some truth you did not love the truth and therefore God let you die in your sins and end up lost.

Law and Grace are those two trees.  This is solidly proven with written Scripture.  It is clearly laid out so there is no excuse to not understand.  I have taught this truth for many years and yet very few will accept this truth which is clearly told in Scripture.

The first Adam took people under law so he could rule over them.  Adam set himself up as God.  He is that first anointed son of God, the Cherub.  Ezekiel 28 makes this very clear.  I am not going into that in this message for It would be too long and I have fully taught it many times.

I want to show you something new today.

But first I will show you proof that Law is that death tree:

If you do not care enough for your soul to read this long message, just end up lost.  But for any who wish to know the truth, read on:

Romans 3: 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.   [This  shows that under the LAW all are guilty]

20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.   [This shows that you cannot be justified by the deeds of the law. It also proves that law is the tree of knowledge of sin.]

21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;   [This shows that the righteousness of God is without the LAW.]

22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:   [This shows that only by faith in Jesus Christ is there any righteousness]

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:   [This shows that only by GRACE are we redeemed or saved]  So in conclusion this proves that Law is the death tree and Grace is the tree of life.

Romans 5 very clearly proves the above.  It clearly proves that sin is by the law and only through grace or faith in Jesus Christ, his shed blood, can we find redemption or eternal life.

Romans 7 very clearly proves that Law is the death tree and grace or faith in Jesus is the life tree.

4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.  [sin was by the law]

6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.   [Law revealed what sin is, so it is the tree of KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL or what sin is]

8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.   [where there is no law there is no sin and where there is no sin there is no death]

9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.  [the law  is the commandment and by it came sin and death;  if you can’t understand this you have no hope].

There are many other proofs in God’s word but this is enough for now.  I wish to show you something else in this message.

Mat. 5: 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.  [You can be a meek, or gentle, not proud person and not an evil person and by grace you will inherit the earth for your eternal abode;  not heaven;  there are differences of  blessings and differences of rewards.  The church world has not taught these important truths.]

4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.  [This is the promise of receiving the Holy Ghost, which is the comforter.  This mourning is mourning due to seeing ourselves as sinners and hating this;  thus coming to repentance.]

6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.  [You must HUNGER, diligently seek, for righteousness or you will not receive it.  Without this you will end up lost]

10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  [These people will have the kingdom of heaven as their reward]

21 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.  [Jesus is showing here the difference in law and grace.  He is showing that under grace we live a deeper, cleaner, more righteous life than under law.  ‘Ye have heard what those of OLD TIME said;  old time means back under LAW]

27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:  [old time is law]

28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.   [Again, he is showing that under grace we live a much cleaner life.]

38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:  [under law there was and is no forgiveness;  if you sin you must be stoned to death.  If you hit me I hit you back.  

39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Mat. 6: 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.   [The eyes of your UNDERSTANDING being opened.  So here he is saying that if your understanding is GRACE;  NOT LAW, not double-minded = trying to live by both law and grace… live only by grace or faith, then you are full of light or TRUTH.  The law is not of faith.  By the law shall no one be justified.  You can see this if you really try]

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.  [You cannot serve by law and grace; it must be one or the other; life or death.]

Now this is what I want to show you in this message:

Mat. 7: 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.   [We have all heard most of our lives do unto others as you want them to do to you and we thought this was good.   But the shocking thing I saw in this verse is that this attitude is LAW NOT GRACE!]

JESUS said this way of doing things is law.  The tree of death.  The tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  You hit me I hit you…. You break my nose I break your nose. You give me a present I give you a present.  You feed me a big dinner I will also return it to you.  I will invite those who will return it to me.  You give me a xmess present I will give you a xmess present!!  And they say this is because of Jesus?  This is from the tree that brings DEATH;  ETERNAL DEATH.  

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.  [See?  Strait means a hard, difficult way.  Few find this way of life.  Living by GRACE.  I will love you even if you do not love me…   I will give to you not expecting anything in return.  I will teach you truth without pay or money.   Just wow.   Glory!

Luke 14:12-14 12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.   13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:   14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.  [Now don’t you see that this verse is saying the same thing as Mat 5?  It is teaching us the way of living by Grace and this is the only way that will give you a reward from God.  If you do things that you hope will be returned to you then it is not love;  it is law;  it is not grace.  Therefore you will have no reward from God.  This also shows what it means to have a better resurrection;  those who have the better resurrection will inherit the kingdom of Heaven;  not end up in hell.]

Don’t you see from the above that it is saying the same thing?  You must be better than the Pharisees and hypocrites who do good just to be seen by men and praised by men.  You do for me and I will do also for you.  This is not love and it is not grace.  It is law and it will not be rewarded by  God;  you will not inherit Heaven.  Or earth.  You will end up in hell. 

In conclusion this marvelous message by Jesus is teaching us the difference in living by law and living by grace.  By grace we forgive every trespass against ourselves.  He lived this to perfection by asking God to forgive those who were torturing and murdering him in such a horrible way.

Mat. 5: 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.  [HE shows here that the only way to be children of God is to live by grace;  doing good even when they do us evil.  That is grace.]

46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

If you only speak to those who love you, it is law not grace.  Under law they hate their enemies but under grace we love them and pray for them.  We give to those who ask to borrow from us;  we turn the other cheek instead of trying to get revenge.  We do not divorce our partner just because we get angry at them.  We forgive.  If our brother is at odds with us we reconcile.  Thus we are living by Grace and therefore, PERFECT as our Father.   Now we see the way to do this;  live by it if you want eternal life.  If you wish to inherit the kingdom of Heaven you MUST LIVE BY GRACE.

By:  Jo Smith….   December 24, 2025