Hands-free narration of this study — good for the car.
Synopsis
Law and grace are not competing systems but partners with different offices. The law shows the disease and grace supplies the cure; grace then writes the law in the heart. Legalism uses the law for what grace alone can do; antinomianism uses grace to silence the law.
Key points
- The law is not against the promises of God.
- Grace establishes the law rather than abolishing it.
- Legalism and lawlessness are both failures to understand grace.
Key texts
- Romans 3:31
- Romans 6:15
- Galatians 3:21
- Romans 8:3-4
- Comprehension
1. What is the office of the law and what is the office of grace?
- Scripture
2. Read Romans 3:31. What does faith do to the law?
- Scripture
3. Read Romans 8:3-4. How is the righteousness of the law fulfilled in us?
- Doctrinal Clarity
4. Define legalism and antinomianism, and show that both misread grace.
- Contrast
5. Contrast the motive of a servant with the motive of a son under the same law.
- Doctrinal Clarity
6. Read Romans 6:15. How does Paul answer 'shall we sin because we are under grace'?
- Application
7. Which error is your temperament more prone to?
- Application
8. How would you preach the law evangelically?