1 Tim 1:8 “But we know that the law is good, if a man
use it lawfully.”
The only purpose for the law (old covenant) is to better us,
not burden us. The proper use of the law will direct us to the power of God’s Grace,
the promise of His Mercy and the joy of His Peace (vs 2). None of which can man
obtain or materialize on his own!
Point being: The law doesn’t give us life, it makes life
better in and through the Lord.
In Rom 3:31, Paul says “we
establish the law.” That is by the
law of justification by faith. In this
the moral law is confirmed, its obligation is enforced, and its obedience
secured by the following:
1. God
used the law to show sinners it could not be violated with impunity.
2. Jesus
magnified it by showing God was just and determined to judge the unrighteous.
3. The
sinner sees the evil by way of the law, thus giving his heart in faith by
obedience.
In the glory of salvation is, that while it justifies the
sinner, it brings the newest of influence from heaven, more tender and mightier
than can be drawn from any other source to produce obedience.
The law showed man’s demise, Grace showed man a promised
destiny!
HSAY… Todd
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