We Need to Remove our Shoes

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Ruth 4:7-8 “Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel. Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.”

The coming off of shoes and giving them to another is quite symbolic in Israel. To walk over a property in a shoe meant that one had the right to possess it. In taking the shoe off and handing it to Boaz the nearest kinsman was symbolically indicating that he had relinquished his right to buy that land and had given that right to Boaz. So for people who have placed their trust in the Lord Jesus and allowed Him to redeem them, the law has no more right to walk over (condemn) that person. Their shoes have been removed.

There is a huge difference between the conviction of the Holy Spirit and the condemnation that Satan loves to place on us through the Law. If we slip up, the Holy Spirit uses the word of God to draw us back to the Lord, while reminding us of God’s grace and finished work on the cross. Satan uses the law to condemn us, planting thoughts in our mind that God is angry and far from us. Don’t allow Satan to do this, remembering as Paul did when he was at his lowest “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Rom 8:1