Tag: Law
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Who is the Law For?
When you think about the question: “Who is the law for?” you may think “The bad guys.” But where does the law belong for Christians?
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Episode 26 – Why the Law?
The law of God was given to Moses for the people of Israel. But the scriptures also tell us the it impacts all of the people in the world. Not only that, we also know that Jesus sets us free from the law, but the law also remains forever. Trying to understand how these things…
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Fulfilling the Law of Christ
(Galatians 6:2-3) These are two verses that have a powerful message for all who would seek the salvation of the Lord. They speak to several things. Firstly, the need to fulfil the law of Christ, whatever that is, and secondly, how we ought to go about doing this. And one of the first things we…
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Why The Law?
(Galatians 3:19) We know as Christians that God promised to Abraham that he and His offspring would inherit the world. This covenant, based on the righteousness by faith that Abraham had, was the covenant that we hope to attain today. In fact, that covenant to Abraham forms and underpins what we know as the New…
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Redeemed From The Curse of the Law
(Galatians 3:13-14) We read in the book of Romans chapter 7 that Paul says, “So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.” (Romans 7:12) And then we see also that Jesus says, 17 “Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come…
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Law versus Love
(1 Corinthians 10:23-24) A number of things come to mind as I read these two verses. First is the stark contrast between the old and the ne covenants, especially as they were interpreted and put into practice by both the Pharisees and Jesus Christ respectively. The Pharisees strictly applied the letter of the law, but…
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All Things Are Lawful
(1 Corinthians 6:12) The message contained in this single scripture is incredibly powerful. It drives powerfully to many of the problems we face today and used correctly forces us to think hard about many of the actions and decisions being taken by people in the world today. Look at the verse closely. 12 “All things…
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Serving the Law or Serving in the Spirit
(Romans 7:5-6) In my recent posts I have discussed the purposes and processes for freedom from law and freedom from sin that we receive by the grace of God in Jesus Christ. These two scriptures continue and expand this issue of law or freedom from law as they drive to the heart of the two…
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The Law Ends At Death
(Romans 7:1) The title of this post may seem to be blindingly obvious because who can possibly break the law after they have died? It’s impossible to even consider such a thing isn’t it? Absolutely! Once a person dies they can’t do anything, say anything, act or behave in any way at all. So how…
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The Reign of Grace
(Romans 5:20-21) This section of scripture says the following and it presents a wonderful blessing to all who understand it. 20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading…
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Where There Is No Law
(Romans 4:13-15) Here is an interesting question worth considering, because it goes to the heart of what the New Covenant is all about. Do you need the law? Man reveres law because they seek order and structure. We see this reverence for law in the way that the law and lawyers are depicted in books,…
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Christians And The Law
(Romans 3:27-31) One of the most difficult aspects of Christianity for people to come to grips with is how they stand in relation to the laws given by Moses. Part of the reason for this confusion is contained in this scripture which says in verse 31: Do we then overthrow the law by this faith?…
