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Mixing Law and Grace: Difference between revisions
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:''To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.'' (Ro 5:13) | :''To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.'' (Ro 5:13) | ||
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law (and not from the curse of sin) because where there is no law there is no sin. Even the | Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law (and not from the curse of sin) because where there is no law there is no sin. Even the ten commandments are referred to as producing death. | ||
:''But if the ministry that produced death — carved in letters on stone tablets — came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective), 3:8 how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?'' (2 Co 3:7–8 NET) | :''But if the ministry that produced death — carved in letters on stone tablets — came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective), 3:8 how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?'' (2 Co 3:7–8 NET) | ||