Law and Grace (Part 1)

Before Jesus’ resurrection, the Israelites were living in the dispensation of the law while the rest of the world just had their own way of living. But Jesus came and moved the entire world, that includes the Israelites, to a brand new world of Grace, this implies what was practiced was abolished and thus became irrelevant. However, even with this new dispensation of Grace you would find those who claim they are in Grace still living in the dispensation of the law; this is because they can’t differentiate between law and Grace. So, it seems to most people that the law is very much the same as Grace, what makes the difference is just the coming of Jesus. Even those who have no business with the law practice this law, this is confusing. What exactly is the difference between the law and Grace?

First of all, the law was given to the children of Israel ALONE and not the whole world, so if you are not from Israel, you have no business with the law. The advent of Jesus’ resurrection was to bring Grace to the world which we don’t deserve, but people don’t still know the difference between law and Grace.

The first covenant given to the children of Israel involved keeping the law; God found fault with the first covenant, so this brought about the second or new covenant which has to do with God’s Grace. Those who follow the law follow certain rules and regulations. The law was a high standard of God set before the children of Israel to follow. But the very moment they got the law, three thousand men died for disobeying the law [ref. Exodus 32:28]. It was quite clear that the standard of the law was too high for the children of Israel and man as a whole, why? It is because the life man had then, was the condemned life attained from Adam when he disobeyed God by eating the forbidden fruit.

Man didn’t have the Spirit of God in Him so it was so impossible to attain God’s standards; this was a clear sign that man needed another means to get to God or else death was inevitable. Jesus was the only man who had the Spirit of God, so He represented man because He was perfect before God and through Him we were redeemed for He was the sacrifice we needed to get back to God; so because of His perfect Spirit He could not see corruption when He died; God raised Him from the dead and through Him we were redeemed back to God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Now, the difference between law and Grace is that law forces us to mature immediately, while Grace nurtures us on the path to perfection.

Log on next time on the continuation of this topic.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from King James Version (KJV)