1. THE BELIEVER, IN CHRIST, IS TOTALLY FREE FROM THE LAW OF GOD. Lay aside all theological jargon, all the creeds of men, all the theological systems that men have devised, and simply read the Word of God. What does God say in his Word? Nothing else matters. (Carefully read: Rom. 6:14-15; 7:4; 8:1-3; 10:4; Gal. 3:24-25; Col. 2:10-16; I tim. 1:3-11). Have you read those passages? If so, honesty compels you to acknowledge that God's children in this world are entirely free from the law. There is absolutely no sense in which the believer is in bondage to the law. We have no legal covenant with the law, no legal curse from the law, and no legal constraint by the law. I cannot find a single passage of Scripture, in all the New Testament, in which believers are motivated to do anything upon the basis of the law. Our rule of life, that which motivates and governs us, that to which we seek conformity, is not the law written upon tablets of stone, but the Lord Jesus Christ himself (John 13:15; I John 3:23; Phil. 3:8-14). We seek to be conformed to Christ in all that we do. And the motives which govern our lives are love, faith, gratitude, and the desire of our hearts for the glory of our God.

I say to every child of God, "You are free from the law." I say it emphatically, without apology, and without fear. There is absolutely no sense in which any believer is under the law.

2. However, let this next point be clearly understood. EVERY CHILD OF GOD IN THIS WORLD LOVES, HONORS, AND ESTABLISHES THE LAW (Psa. 119:97,128; Rom. 7:22). No believer disregards, or despises the law of God. We love it. We love its requirements and its justice. We would not lower it, or alter it in anyway. We honor it by acknowledging our inability to keep it. And we establish it by trusting Christ, who alone has kept and satisfied the law, as our only hope of acceptance with God (Rom. 3:28-31).