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 result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are ...

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 eternal life through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Most often, I ...

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 The Good News that guilty sinners need to hear is that God ...

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 Central to the Gospel is the work of Jesus Christ, what He has ...

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 sin.” John 15:22 We have seen that the Law of God is ...

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 is an excellent symbol for justice, which helps us to understand why ...

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 say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ ...

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, in Genesis 1, God paused to reflect on His work of creation, declaring ...

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, out of all the peoples who are on the face of ...

Sovereign Uses of the Law: Make Known the Character of God (3) The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a god merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of ...