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What is the role of the law for believers today?

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For believers, the law's role is to lead us to Christ, emphasizing our need for His righteousness rather than serving as a rule of life.

The law's function for believers is not to dictate how we live our lives but to highlight our inability to keep it and to point us to our need for Christ. As stated in Galatians 3:24, 'the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ.' It reveals our sinfulness and inability to achieve righteousness through our own efforts. Once we come to faith in Christ, we are no longer under the law but under grace. This does not mean the law is irrelevant; rather, it instructs us on God's holiness and our weaknesses, guiding us to live in reliance on Christ who fulfills the law on our behalf. Therefore, believers find their identity and power for living not in the law, but in Christ.
Scripture References: Galatians 3:24-25, Romans 6:14, Hebrews 10:1

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The Schoolmaster's Lesson
Frank Tate · Aug 17, 2014
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