To Convict and to Guide – A Kingdom Catechism

To Convict and to Guide

A Kingdom Catechism

The Law convicts and guides.

Q 34: Does the Law then serve only to convict nonbelievers of their sin?

A 34:   The Law convicts nonbelievers of their sin, but then it guides them in the path of holiness, righteousness, and goodness. (Rom. 3:31; Rom. 7:12)

Jesus’ command to all who would be His disciples is to “follow” Him. He walked the path of God’s Law, fulfilling all the righteous requirements of that Law on our behalf. We cannot be His disciples unless we walk that path in obedience to and imitation of our Lord (1 John 2:1-6; 1 Cor. 11:1). We can only walk that path in the power of the Holy Spirit; however, for Him to work within us and make us willing and able to fulfill the righteous requirements of the Law of God, we must give ourselves to the path of obedience and work out our salvation in fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12, 13).

It is thus important that new believers be made to understand that the Law of God and all the Word of the Lord are indispensable aids to growth and flourishing in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (Matt. 5:17-19).

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.