Law

The Freeing Truth About Balancing Law and Grace

In this message we take a closer look at the scriptural reasons why a new covenant believer cannot relate to God by a balance (or mixture) of old covenant law and new covenant grace. Your understanding of gospel truth will be challenged and revolutionized.

The Freeing Truth About God’s Law and the Believer

Freedom is essential to life. God created us to live free. Freedom means being released from anything that held us captive. It empowers us to live not as we ought, but as we choose. For the believer, true freedom starts with a clear understanding of law and grace and how they apply in our lives.

Grace, the Remedy to Law

When truly understood, the old covenant of law is impossible to fully uphold and therefore cannot sustain our relationship with God. That is why God offers us a new covenant of grace—a remedy to the law—liberating us to enjoy a direct and unhindered relationship with Him, free from worry or barriers!

Why Living by a Mixture of Law and Grace is Destructive

(Scripture underline and bold emphasis ours) Hebrews 8:7 (NLT) If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it.  So we see that God himself found fault with the old covenant and thus annulled it and introduced a new covenant to replace it! — Why? In short, because the old covenant depended on the individual’s … [Read more…]