Not According to the Gospel Uses of the Law: Unlawful Uses (7) 1 Timothy 1:8, 11 Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully…in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. Any teaching of the Law of God apart from ...

To Control Others Uses of the Law: Unlawful Uses (6) John 7:49 “But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” I suspect that one reason, perhaps the primary reason, most Christians today want little or nothing to do with the Law of God, and practice a studied ignorance of ...

A Substitute for Sound Teaching Uses of the Law: Unlawful Uses (5) 1 Timothy 1:5, 6 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered assay into vain discussion, desiring to be teachers ...

Vaunt Not Uses of the Law: Unlawful Uses (4) 1 Timothy 1:6, 7 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion, desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions. It is unlawful not to ...

No Righteousness but Christ’s Uses of the Law: Unlawful Uses (3) Romans 5:17 If, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. The righteousness of ...

Not unto Salvation Uses of the Law: Unlawful uses (2) Ephesians 2:8, 9 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Many contemporary Christians apparently cannot think about ...

Unlawful Not To Uses of the Law: Unlawful Uses (1) 1 Timothy 1:8 Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully…. We begin a new series on the uses of the Law of God. We should note, first of all, that Paul says the Law is good if ...

Back to the Beginning The Tenth Commandment Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Deuteronomy 5:21 “‘And you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. And you ...

Dealing with Covetousness The Tenth Commandment Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Deuteronomy 5:21 “‘And you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. And you ...

Coveting and Other Sin The Tenth Commandment Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Deuteronomy 5:21 “‘And you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. And you ...