Episode 2773 - Lesson 9 - Wednesday May 27 - The Law 🧑🏽‍⚖️and the Gospel ✝️

Episode 2773 - Lesson 9 - Wednesday May 27 - The Law 🧑🏽‍⚖️and the Gospel ✝️

From Bible Study - Sabbath School Podcast by Believes Unasp

May 26, 2026 · 10 min · Season 8 · Episode 2773

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This episode discusses the relationship between the law and the gospel as explained by Jesus, emphasizing the importance of love and obedience in the Christian faith.

The Law and the Gospel Jesus Himself explained very powerfully and succinctly what His relationship to the law was. In Matthew 5:17-18 , what did Jesus say about the law? In a similar way to how parents’ boundaries for their child reveal what they value, God’s law tells us about His character and what is important to Him. God gave us His law to protect our relationship with Him and with each other, knowing that His law would guide every aspect of our lives as we grow in Him. After all, who hasn’t suffered the terrible consequences of what sin, a violation of the law, has caused to each of us? Love for Jesus is at the very center of the law. Jesus said, “If you love me, you will obey my commandments” ( John 14:15 , NET). When we genuinely love Jesus, we will be naturally compelled to keep His law. When we see His law clearly, we will feel compelled to love Jesus more. And, even more important, keeping a vision of the Cross and Christ’s substitutionary death there for us always before our eyes is the best way to foster our love for God. That’s why the gospel goes hand in hand with the law. That is, however much we believe in the law and in the importance of keeping it, we must…

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Books & works: Matthew 5:17-18, John 14:15

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