Law and gospel
Law & Grace • Sermon • Submitted
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· 4 viewsThe law, which bears witness to the grace of God, points ahead to its fulfilment and climax in the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel does not abolish the law, but fulfils it, by allowing it to be seen in its proper light.
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Human beings cannot fulfil the law by their own efforts
Human beings cannot fulfil the law by their own efforts
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The law brings knowledge of human sin and the need for redemption
The law brings knowledge of human sin and the need for redemption
For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
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The law points to the coming of Jesus Christ
The law points to the coming of Jesus Christ
So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
Believers are not justified by works of the law, but through faith in the blood of Jesus Christ
Believers are not justified by works of the law, but through faith in the blood of Jesus Christ
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The relationship between believers and the law
The relationship between believers and the law
Dying to the law through Jesus Christ
Dying to the law through Jesus Christ
For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.
The law remains valid for believers
The law remains valid for believers
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The Holy Spirit enables believers to fulfil the law through Jesus Christ
The Holy Spirit enables believers to fulfil the law through Jesus Christ
For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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