RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH
Distinguishing between
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LAW |
GRACE |
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God prohibits and requires (Exodus 20:1-17) |
God beseeches and bestows (2 Cor. 5:20; Rev. 22:17; Rom. 12:1 ) |
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Brings condemnation (2 Corinthians 3:9) |
Brings forgiveness (Ephesians 1:7) |
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Curses (Galatians 3:10) |
Redeems from curse (Galatians 3:13-14) |
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Kills (2 Corinthians 3:6a) |
Makes alive (2 Corinthians 3:6b) |
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Shuts all mouths before God (Romans 3:19) |
Opens mouth to praise God (Ephesians 1:3-6) |
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Brings distance between guilty man and God (Rom. 3:20, 5:20) |
Reconciles, draws us near to God (Romans 5:1, 10) |
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"Eye for an eye" (Matthew 5:38) |
"Turn the other cheek" (Matthew 5:39) |
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Do and Live (Galatians 3:12) |
Believe and Live (Galatians 3:11) |
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Condemns the best man (Galatians 3:10, 19-22) |
Justifies the worst man (1 Timothy 1:14-16) |
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System of probation (Deuteronomy 28) |
System of favor (Ephesians 2:8-9) |
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Came by Moses (John 1:17a) |
Came by Jesus Christ (John 1:17b) |
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Was the rule of life for the Old Testament Jewish Saint (Exodus 20-23) |
Is the rule of life for the church-age believer (Romans 6:14, 7:4, 6) |
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
(Galatians 2:16)I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (Galatians 2:21)
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. (Galatians 3:24-25)