The Law

There is much confusion in Christendom concerning the right and proper use of the Mosaic law. Some believe that the moral laws are applicable to Christians; others, that none of it applies. A small minority hold that all of it must be observed. The law came in so that offences might abound (Rom. 5:20); it addresses itself to the flesh and thoroughly condemns it. What the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God has done another way. No longer are we pursing our own righteous standing before God. We are freely justified by His grace and we stand before God where Christ stands. We have a new life in Christ, and we are to live in the good of that life in the power of the Holy Spirit. Our object is no longer self but Christ. Whereas the law said "do and live;" grace has given us life that we may live and do.