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The Law
always brings punishment on those who try to obey it (Romans 2:17-29; 4:15; 7:7,
1 Corinthians 15:56).
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The
power of sin is the Law; which is the ministry of death that condemns (2 Corinthians
3:6-7).
It
is through the Law that one becomes conscious of sin and condemnation. The Law simply shows us how sinful we are
(Romans 3:20; 7:9-10).
I
would like to see the Law as a diagnosis of how sickly a person is.
Condemnation
carries a sense of shame, rejection, worthlessness, and hopelessness.
Just
take a look at what it did to Judas Iscariot (Matthew 27:1-10, Acts 1:16-19).
The Law is like an unyielding and extremely strict
disciplinarian who catches and highlights our every mistake (Romans 7:12,
Galatians 3:24-29, James 2:10-13, 1 Timothy 1:8).
It will come to a breaking point when we become so stifled
and suffocated by it.
“I can’t breathe!” It is either I give up or I shout for
help.
Grace, the gift of free pardon, on the other hand, is given
so that we will not be afraid of making mistakes in this journey of love and growth
with and by God (1 Corinthians 3:6-9).
It is like God knows that we would need time to wise up,
learn and grow (2 Corinthians 2:11,1 Peter 5:7-8).
It is liberating and loving but yet corrective (Proverbs
3:12, Hebrews 12:6-11).
It is precisely because God loves that He corrects (Hebrews
12:7-10).
We let not Satan outsmart us by following the advice of the smarter
One (2 Corinthians 2:11, New Living Translation).
And His advice is in the written Word.
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