“Fulfillment of the Law is judged by God's perfection, not our best effort.” [1]
The Law acts as a curb and a mirror. The Law as a curb “warns us of impending danger, shocking us back onto the right path.” The Law as a mirror helps us “to see ourselves as God sees us.” [2]
“The Gospel... reveals the actions of God alone to save those who are ‘dead in their trespasses and sins.’ He alone pays the penalty for sin. He alone offers righteousness, salvation, and peace on His merciful terms.
The Gospel not only describes and proclaims what God has done it actually offers the merits of God's work in Christ to all who believe.” [3]
[1] Steven P. Mueller, Called to Believe, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene Oregon, 2006, p. 38
[2] Ibid, pp. 43-44; Ephesians 2:1
[3] Ibid, p. 46; Luke 24:47, Romans 1:17
21st Century Jeremiah is a publishing site that is managed and operated by Mark Czanderna for the expressed purpose to provide for you free Bible-based and Christ-exalting resources. My goal is to align myself with the prophetic words of God as carefully and accurately as Jeremiah the prophet did in his day, but include the additional revelations that the Lord Jesus Christ provided for us in the Gospels, the Book of Acts, the Epistles of the Apostles and the Book of Revelation.
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