law and grace
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The following passages are the purpose and crux of what the law says and notice what James has to say about it...
Rom 3:19,20
19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Jm 2:10-13
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Here is the question...Why do we have the following inspired passage in (Rom 6:6-15)...
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
If we as believers put ourselves under the law, then when we offend the law in only one point we have violated the law and we are guilty and must be judged by the law that we are under. It is not a good thing to put ourselves under the law, though many believers do just that and live in condemnation or self righteousness or both, because the strength of sin is in the law (1Cor 15:56).
If we put ourselves under grace instead of the law and we fail or sin, we don't live in guilt or condemnation for our sin. What do we do? We go to God and to His throne of grace (which is the mercy seat), who has convicted us of sin, and we confess our sin by naming it. If we were under the law we would not be able to do that and would have to suffer the judgment and penalty of the law. But, because we are under grace we realize that Christ bore the penalty for our sin on the cross and we get grace from God through mercy and He restores us by judging us according to mercy. This is how mercy rejoices against judgment because we are under grace and not the law.
Did we get away with sin as some are thinking even now, or did we live as NT believers who are not under the condemnation of the law? Can the law restore the guilty sinner? NO, NEVER. Only grace can restore cand do that and all we have to do is acknowledge our sin and He is faithful and just to forgive us (1Jn 1:9). If others misunderstand that, so what, we are judged of no man but only by the law of liberty.
Rom 3:19,20
19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Jm 2:10-13
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Here is the question...Why do we have the following inspired passage in (Rom 6:6-15)...
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
If we as believers put ourselves under the law, then when we offend the law in only one point we have violated the law and we are guilty and must be judged by the law that we are under. It is not a good thing to put ourselves under the law, though many believers do just that and live in condemnation or self righteousness or both, because the strength of sin is in the law (1Cor 15:56).
If we put ourselves under grace instead of the law and we fail or sin, we don't live in guilt or condemnation for our sin. What do we do? We go to God and to His throne of grace (which is the mercy seat), who has convicted us of sin, and we confess our sin by naming it. If we were under the law we would not be able to do that and would have to suffer the judgment and penalty of the law. But, because we are under grace we realize that Christ bore the penalty for our sin on the cross and we get grace from God through mercy and He restores us by judging us according to mercy. This is how mercy rejoices against judgment because we are under grace and not the law.
Did we get away with sin as some are thinking even now, or did we live as NT believers who are not under the condemnation of the law? Can the law restore the guilty sinner? NO, NEVER. Only grace can restore cand do that and all we have to do is acknowledge our sin and He is faithful and just to forgive us (1Jn 1:9). If others misunderstand that, so what, we are judged of no man but only by the law of liberty.
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