THE CHRISTIAN AND THE LAW
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping Gods commands is what counts. [1 CORINTHIANS 7:19]
So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. [GALATIANS 3:24]
The Christian delights in the law of God. Jesus said, If you love me, keep My commandments [JOHN 14:15]. This is the highest function of the law, to serve as an instrument for the people of God to give Him honor and glory.
By studying and meditating on the law, we attend the school of righteousness. We learn what pleases God and what offends Him. The moral law that God reveals in Scripture is always binding upon us. Our redemption is from the curse of Gods law, not from our duty to obey it. We are justified, not because of our obedience to the law, but in order that we may become obedient to Gods law. To love Christ is to keep His commandments. To love God is to obey His law.
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so He condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. [ROMANS 8:3-4]
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping Gods commands is what counts. [1 CORINTHIANS 7:19]
So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. [GALATIANS 3:24]
The Christian delights in the law of God. Jesus said, If you love me, keep My commandments [JOHN 14:15]. This is the highest function of the law, to serve as an instrument for the people of God to give Him honor and glory.
By studying and meditating on the law, we attend the school of righteousness. We learn what pleases God and what offends Him. The moral law that God reveals in Scripture is always binding upon us. Our redemption is from the curse of Gods law, not from our duty to obey it. We are justified, not because of our obedience to the law, but in order that we may become obedient to Gods law. To love Christ is to keep His commandments. To love God is to obey His law.
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so He condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. [ROMANS 8:3-4]