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Grace & Truth
Grace and Truth does not remove the character of God. We are not and shall never be saved by the moral law of God, the Ten Commandments. But thank God for his commandments…for in them we see Jesus! Jesus was perfect. He never broke one of God’s commands. He is our example.If we only had the moral law we would be in trouble. Why? Because we are sinners. We need mercy from God. We need direction from God. We need forgiveness from God. This we have through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus the Christ. “For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” [John 1:17]
Through God’s forgiveness we uphold the moral law. “Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.” [Romans 3:31] Thank God for His Holy Son, Jesus the Christ. Through Jesus we have forgiveness and redemption. “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.” [Hebrews 4:15]
The apostle Paul tells us that the moral law is not destroyed through the Christian faith but instead it is properly understood. “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, working death in me by that which is good [the moral law]; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.” [Romans 7:12,13]
Written by, Eric W. King [May 21,2007]
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