Opus 2012-190, Monday Pulpit: Thoughts on the Law

One of the topics that was touched on Sunday was the Law.  We were in the second chapter of Romans.  The Law is another one of those paradoxes that rear their heads in the study of the Bible.  I am sure you have heard it said that as Gentiles, we are not under Law, we are under grace.  At the same time Jesus did not throw the Law away.

(Matthew 5:17 KJV)  Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

So how does the Law relate to Christians?

One comment grabbed my attention.  This is not a quote, more of a paraphrase.

“Disobedience is not breaking the Law, it is rebellion and rejection.”

I think there is an important distinction.  Sin is sin, true.  But there is a real difference between someone breaking a law they may not have even known about and the wholesale rebellion that comes from knowing the truth and refusing to obey.

I am not geared for a long discussion, just had an opinion to express.

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