Understanding the Connection Between Law and Grace

The law's primary function is to reveal God's character and demands, showing us the depth of our sin and our inability to meet God's standards. It convicts us, making us aware of our guilt and helplessness, and thus, our need for a Savior. The law points to grace, indicating why Christ had to come. [00:03:13]

The law was never intended to be a way of salvation. It was always intended to be our schoolmaster, our pedagogue, to lead us and to bring us to Christ. It was meant to shut us in and to shut us up unto Christ, shutting every door, every way of escape, and to hold us there face to face with Him. [00:04:15]

The law points to grace, showing us our need for a Savior and preparing us for the grace fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Understanding this relationship is essential for a true grasp of the gospel and the nature of salvation. The law points to the grace of God in Christ, showing us the gift of His grace: pardon, reconciliation, and new life. [00:06:36]

The law reveals our guilt and helplessness, making us aware of our need for forgiveness and a new nature, which is provided through grace. It convicts us and leads us to the realization of our need for Christ. This is the essential preliminary to any real understanding of the old doctrine of salvation. [00:24:18]

Grace is the unmerited favor of God, entirely a gift from Him, and not something we can earn through our works. It is through grace that we are saved, highlighting our complete dependence on God. Our salvation is only and entirely because of the grace of God. [00:28:00]

The law shows us the need for grace and that is where any notion that we can have a justifying ourselves by works or by keeping the law is so absolutely fatal. The law shows us the absolute need of grace. It convicts us, showing our failure, but then here comes the gospel. [00:20:33]

The law and grace are not opposites but are intricately connected. The law prepares us for grace by showing us our need for it. It is a prophetic pointer to the coming of Christ, who fulfills the law and offers us the grace we desperately need. [00:06:36]

The law points to grace in a prophetic manner. It says this is the arrangement for the time being, but there you have Moses pointing to Christ, you have the law pointing to grace. The law makes it quite plain and clear that all these burnt offerings and sacrifices were not something in and of themselves. [00:13:28]

The law by its teaching defines what grace is. Grace is the free unmerited favor of God. Grace is kindness shown to the utterly undeserving. Grace says that salvation is entirely due to God and because of what God is. It is all the result of God's nature. [00:36:30]

The law is our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. The law is the introduction to Christ. The law calls for grace anticipated and leads me to submit myself utterly and completely to it. For being dead, I must be quickened, and it is God who creates within me the very realization of my need. [00:45:03]

The law shows us the need for forgiveness. It convicts us of our guilt and helplessness, making us aware of our need for a Savior. The law points to grace, indicating why Christ had to come. It is not an end in itself but a pointer to the grace that is fulfilled in Jesus Christ. [00:10:33]

The law and grace are not opposites but are intricately connected. The law prepares us for grace by showing us our need for it. It is a prophetic pointer to the coming of Christ, who fulfills the law and offers us the grace we desperately need. Understanding this relationship is essential for a true grasp of the gospel and the nature of salvation. [00:06:36]