GOD'S GRACE THROUGH FAITH REQUIRES A LAW THAT DEFINES THE SINS TO BE FORGIVEN.
Think for just a moment. Jesus had to die because the Ten Commandments law had been broken and sin demanded death. If the law could have been abrogated, the penalty of sin would have been set aside also. “For where no law is, there is no transgression.” Romans 4:15. So strong is the authority of that unchangeable Ten Commandments law that God Himself could not abolish it; not even to save His own Son from death.
God would not and could not abolish the Ten Commandments law to save His own beloved Son. It cost something to uphold the law and pay the maximum penalty. No one will ever know how much it cost the Son of God. But how thankful we should be that His love was as perfect as His justice. In His own body He bore the penalty, satisfied the law and justified the transgressor.
Can you see that no greater demonstration could have been made to prove the permanence of the Ten Commandments? In the entire universe God could not have displayed a more convincing and irrefutable argument in favour of His Ten Commandment law. Yet, in the face of this tremendous exhibition, misguided millions of poor, feeble men belittle the government of God by belittling His law. They seem not to understand that the Ten Commandments are only a reflection of His holiness and righteousness. To speak of the abolition of the Ten Commandments is to border on treason against the divine government of heaven.
Look into that holy law right now for a divine revelation of what God wants your life to be. Confess that you have no strength to live up to that perfect standard. Then turn your eyes to the only One who has kept that Ten Commandments law perfectly and who desires this very moment to enter your life with enabling power. He will fulfil the righteousness of the law; the just requirements of the law in you, so that you can say with Paul, “Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20
God's grace is His unmerited, undeserved favour that is preceded by the act of genuine repentance of our sin. If there were no law, there would be no need for God's grace. See Romans 6:1-2; 14-15. Note also the Biblical definition of sin. 1 John 3:4. As one can see, for sin to exist there has to be law because “sin is lawlessness.” Paul is therefore saying that the concept of God's “grace” or forgiveness establishes that the Ten Commandments are still in effect as sin is breaking His law. God's grace through faith requires a law that defines the sins to be forgiven. Without the law we would have no way of understanding what sin is or is not because “by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans 3:20. So repeating Paul, “Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.”
Think for just a moment. Jesus had to die because the Ten Commandments law had been broken and sin demanded death. If the law could have been abrogated, the penalty of sin would have been set aside also. “For where no law is, there is no transgression.” Romans 4:15. So strong is the authority of that unchangeable Ten Commandments law that God Himself could not abolish it; not even to save His own Son from death.
God would not and could not abolish the Ten Commandments law to save His own beloved Son. It cost something to uphold the law and pay the maximum penalty. No one will ever know how much it cost the Son of God. But how thankful we should be that His love was as perfect as His justice. In His own body He bore the penalty, satisfied the law and justified the transgressor.
Can you see that no greater demonstration could have been made to prove the permanence of the Ten Commandments? In the entire universe God could not have displayed a more convincing and irrefutable argument in favour of His Ten Commandment law. Yet, in the face of this tremendous exhibition, misguided millions of poor, feeble men belittle the government of God by belittling His law. They seem not to understand that the Ten Commandments are only a reflection of His holiness and righteousness. To speak of the abolition of the Ten Commandments is to border on treason against the divine government of heaven.
Look into that holy law right now for a divine revelation of what God wants your life to be. Confess that you have no strength to live up to that perfect standard. Then turn your eyes to the only One who has kept that Ten Commandments law perfectly and who desires this very moment to enter your life with enabling power. He will fulfil the righteousness of the law; the just requirements of the law in you, so that you can say with Paul, “Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20
God's grace is His unmerited, undeserved favour that is preceded by the act of genuine repentance of our sin. If there were no law, there would be no need for God's grace. See Romans 6:1-2; 14-15. Note also the Biblical definition of sin. 1 John 3:4. As one can see, for sin to exist there has to be law because “sin is lawlessness.” Paul is therefore saying that the concept of God's “grace” or forgiveness establishes that the Ten Commandments are still in effect as sin is breaking His law. God's grace through faith requires a law that defines the sins to be forgiven. Without the law we would have no way of understanding what sin is or is not because “by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans 3:20. So repeating Paul, “Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.”
GOD'S GRACE THROUGH FAITH REQUIRES A LAW THAT DEFINES THE SINS TO BE FORGIVEN.
Think for just a moment. Jesus had to die because the Ten Commandments law had been broken and sin demanded death. If the law could have been abrogated, the penalty of sin would have been set aside also. “For where no law is, there is no transgression.” Romans 4:15. So strong is the authority of that unchangeable Ten Commandments law that God Himself could not abolish it; not even to save His own Son from death.
God would not and could not abolish the Ten Commandments law to save His own beloved Son. It cost something to uphold the law and pay the maximum penalty. No one will ever know how much it cost the Son of God. But how thankful we should be that His love was as perfect as His justice. In His own body He bore the penalty, satisfied the law and justified the transgressor.
Can you see that no greater demonstration could have been made to prove the permanence of the Ten Commandments? In the entire universe God could not have displayed a more convincing and irrefutable argument in favour of His Ten Commandment law. Yet, in the face of this tremendous exhibition, misguided millions of poor, feeble men belittle the government of God by belittling His law. They seem not to understand that the Ten Commandments are only a reflection of His holiness and righteousness. To speak of the abolition of the Ten Commandments is to border on treason against the divine government of heaven.
Look into that holy law right now for a divine revelation of what God wants your life to be. Confess that you have no strength to live up to that perfect standard. Then turn your eyes to the only One who has kept that Ten Commandments law perfectly and who desires this very moment to enter your life with enabling power. He will fulfil the righteousness of the law; the just requirements of the law in you, so that you can say with Paul, “Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20
God's grace is His unmerited, undeserved favour that is preceded by the act of genuine repentance of our sin. If there were no law, there would be no need for God's grace. See Romans 6:1-2; 14-15. Note also the Biblical definition of sin. 1 John 3:4. As one can see, for sin to exist there has to be law because “sin is lawlessness.” Paul is therefore saying that the concept of God's “grace” or forgiveness establishes that the Ten Commandments are still in effect as sin is breaking His law. God's grace through faith requires a law that defines the sins to be forgiven. Without the law we would have no way of understanding what sin is or is not because “by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans 3:20. So repeating Paul, “Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.”
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