The law is “all or nothing,” pass/fail: Gal. 5:3, James 2:10
(There is no “try harder.”)
Those who try, but fail to keep all of the law are cursed: Gal. 3:10
The law breeds sin: Rom. 7:5,8
The law brings death: Rom. 7:10
Where law increases, sin increases: Rom. 5:20
The law leads us to Jesus: Gal. 3:24
Jesus didn’t destroy the law, but for the believer, the
law is fulfilled: Mat.5:17
Jesus is the end of the law for the believer: Rom. 10:4
We are dead to the law: Rom. 7:4, Gal.2:19
To be under the law is to have sin as your master: Rom. 6:14
Grace, not law, teaches us to say no to sin: Titus 2:11,12
The law speaks to those who are under the law: Rom. 3:19
But we are not under the law: Rom. 6:14
We are no longer under the supervision of the law: Gal. 3:25
The law is good and will not disappear
(Rom. 7:12, Mat. 5:18-18), BUT
The law is not for the righteous: I Tim. 1:8
We are the righteousness of Christ: Rom. 10:4, 1 Cor. 1:30,
Gal. 3:24, II Cor. 5:21, II Cor. 5:17
God writes His laws on our hearts: Heb. 8:10, 10:16
(Not the law of Moses!)
His laws are “Love God. Love people.”
Mat. 22:37-49, I Jn. 4:8
Love is the fulfillment of the law: Rom. 13:10
To return to the law is foolishness: Gal. 3:2,3
To trust in the law is to nullify Christ’s death: Gal. 2:21
We are not to return to the slavery of the law: Gal. 5:1
Those in Christ have already been judged: Jn.3:18
There is now no condemnation in Christ: Rom 8:1
———- It doesn’t get much clearer than that. ————-
