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To Advance the Kingdom Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Good News (6) “Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”…

Redeemed for Good Works Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Good News (5) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not of your own doing; it is the gift of God, not as a…

The Way to God’s Promises Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Good News (4) For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. 2 Corinthians 1:20 The Gospel, as every believer knows, holds out the promise of…

Free from Wrath Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Good News (3) For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21…

Fulfilled and Satisfied Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Good News (2) “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.” Matthew 5:17…

To Expose the Sins of Men Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Gospel (1) “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their…

Just Uses of the Law: Make Known the Character of God (7) “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.” Deuteronomy 32:4 The scale…

Wise Uses of the Law: Make Known the Character of God (6) “Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will…

Good Uses of the Law: Make Known the Character of God (5) And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Genesis 1:31 The very meaning of “good” inheres in the character of God. Repeatedly,…

Holy and Loving Uses of the Law: Make Known the Character of God (4) “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession,…