{"id":3504,"date":"2015-11-28T07:03:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T07:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=3504"},"modified":"2015-11-28T07:03:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T07:03:37","slug":"law-established","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=3504","title":{"rendered":"Law Established"},"content":{"rendered":"

Law Established
\nRomans 3:31<\/a> \u201cDo we then make void the law through faith? God forbid:
\nyea, we establish the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faith does not add to salvation but through faith we trust Christ who is
\nour Salvation. We see the grace wherein we stand. Thusly, the law is not
\nmade void but in every way established.<\/p>\n

Faith establishes the law as the embodiment of God\u2019s character. A
\nbeliever knows what the law of God requires thus seeing God as holy,
\nholy, holy. What righteousness!<\/p>\n

Faith establishes the law in that the law finds natural man totally
\nunrighteous, unfit, incapable of approaching God. \u201c\u2026for by the law is
\nthe knowledge of sin.\u201d (Rom 3:20<\/a>) Saving faith compares my deeds to what
\nthe law demands, showing me my need of a substitute.<\/p>\n

Holy law is a magnificent steed
\nToo many hands high
\nFor me to mount and ride to glory
\nNo matter how I try<\/p>\n

Faith establishes the law as the witness to Christ\u2019s perfect obedience.
\nMade of a woman, made under the law, Christ fulfilled the law in every
\nrespect. The sinner saved by grace delights to hear the law declare
\nChrist righteous for He is our Righteousness.<\/p>\n

Faith establishes the law as a witness that God is both just and
\njustifier. The law reveals sin in us and the wages of sin are death. God
\ncan in no wise clear the guilty. But by the wisdom of God, Christ is the
\nspotless Lamb, set forth to be the propitiation through faith in His blood.<\/p>\n

Faith establishes the law because the believer\u2019s sincere desire is to
\nobey the law for the sake of Christ who loved us and gave himself for
\nus. Not that we might obtain a righteousness; our righteousness has been
\nobtained. Not that we might become holy; in Christ we are holy. But
\nrather, the true desire toward obedience to God in every believer is the
\nfruit of the Spirit with which we have been sealed. Because of all that
\nChrist has accomplished, God by the work of the Holy Spirit, writes his
\nlaw upon the heart of every believer. There is no longer a spirit of
\nbondage but a spirit of adoption, whereby we desire to be like Christ.
\nAnd thanks to the faithful Abba, Father in which we worship, one day we
\nwill.
\nClay Curtis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Law Established Romans 3:31 \u201cDo we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.\u201d Faith does not add to salvation but through faith we trust Christ who is our Salvation. We see the grace wherein we stand. Thusly, the law is not made void but in every way established. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,38,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-clay-curtis","category-the-law","category-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3504"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3506,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3504\/revisions\/3506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}