The Law Was Not Abolished

KFLCC BIBLE STUDY

KINGDOM TRAINING:
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
THE VALIDITY OF BIBLICAL LAW
Week 1
THE LAW (VS) GRACE
Week 2
MAN’S LAW (VS) BIBLICAL LAW
Week 3
NATURE OF GOD’S LAWS
Week 4
LAWS ON RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT
Week 5
CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER
Week 6
*Please Save all Question For End Of Study Where Time Has Been Allocated*

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THE LAW
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MATTHEW 5:17
WEEK I
Scripture: Matt 28:18-20, Matt 5:17, Gal 2:9, Rom 7:4, 8:2-7, Gen 1:28, 3:5, 1
Cor 15:45,
THE VALIDITY OF BIBLICAL LAW: A central characteristic of the churches and
of modern preaching and Biblical teaching is antinomianism, an anti-law position. The
antinomian believes that faith frees the Christian from the law, so that he is not outside the
law but is rather dead to the law. There is no warrant whatsoever in Scripture for
antinomianism. The expression, "dead to the law," is indeed in Scripture (Gal. 2:9; Rom.
7:4), but it has reference to the believer in relationship to the atoning work of Christ as the
believer's representative and substitute; the believer is dead to the law as an indictment, a
legal sentence of death against him, Christ having died for him, but the believer is alive to the
law as the righteousness of God.
The purpose of Christ's atoning work was to restore man to a position of covenant-keeping
instead of covenant breaking, to enable man to keep the law by freeing man "from the law of
sin and death" (Rom. 8:2), "that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us" (Rom.
8:4). Man is restored to a position of law keeping. The law thus has a position of centrality in
man's indictment (as a sentence of death against man the sinner), in man's redemption (in
that Christ died, who although the perfect law-keeper as the new Adam, died as man's
substitute), and in man's sanctification (in that man grows in grace as he grows in God lawkeeping,
for the law is the way of sanctification).
For example: by
God Law man
needed a sacrifice
to attorn for his
sins……… so
Christ became
that Atonement,
thus fulfilling the
Law of God. In so
we no longer haft
to make animal
sacrifices for sin,
thus by him
obeying the Law
he brought forth
Redemption &
Salvation.

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established the laws of godly society, development for
man under God, and of the true prophets repeatedly
recalled Israel to this purpose.
The purpose of Christ's coming was in terms of this
same creation mandate. Christ as the new Adam (I
Cor. 15:45) kept the law perfectly. As the sin-bearer of
the elect, Christ died to make atonement for their
sins, to restore them to their position of righteousness
under God. The redeemed are recalled to the original
purpose of man, to exercise dominion under God, to
be covenant-keepers, and to fulfil "the righteousness
of the law" (Rom. 8:4).
The law remains central to God's purpose. Man has
been re-established into God's original purpose and
calling. Man's justification is by the grace of God in
Jesus Christ; man's sanctification is by means of the
law of God.
Man, as a covenant-breaker is in "enmity against
God" (Rom. 8:7) and is subject to "the law of sin
and death" (Rom.8:2), whereas the believer is
under "the law of the Spirit of life in Christ"
(Rom. 8:2). The law is one law, the law of God.
To the man on death row in a prison, the law is
death; to the godly man, the same law which
places another on death row is life, in that it
protects him and his property from criminals.
Without law, society would collapse into anarchy
and fall into the hands of hoodlums. The faithful
and full execution of the law is death to the
murderer but life to the godly. Similarly, the law
in its judgment upon God's enemies is death; the
law in its sustaining care and blessings is for the
law-abiding a principle of life. God, in creating
man, ordered him to subdue the earth and to
exercise dominion over the earth (Gen. 1: 28).
Man, in attempting to establish separate
dominion and autonomous jurisdiction over the
earth (Gen. 3:5), fell into sin and death. God, in
order to re-establish the Kingdom of God, called
Abraham, and then Israel, to be His people, to
subdue the earth, and to exercise dominion
under God. The law, as given through Moses,
As the new chosen people of God, the Christians are
commanded to do that which Adam in Eden, and
Israel in Canaan, failed to do. One and the same
covenant, under differing administrations, still
prevails. Man is summoned to create the society God
requires. The determination of man and of history is
from God, but the reference of God's law is to this
world.
"To be spiritually minded is life and peace" (Rom.
8:6), and to be spiritually minded does not mean to
be other-worldly but to apply the mandates of the
written word under the guidance of the Spirit to this
world.
Lawless Christianity is a contradiction in terms: it is
anti-Christian. The purpose of grace is not to set
aside the law but to fulfil the law and to enable man
to keep the law. If the law was so serious in the sight
of God that it would require the death of Jesus
Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, to make
atonement for man's sin, it seems strange for God
then to proceed to abandon the law! The goal of the
law is not lawlessness, nor the purpose of grace a
lawless contempt of the giver of grace
The increasing breakdown of law and order must
first of all be attributed to the churches and their
persistent antinomianism. If the churches are lax
with respect to the law, will not the people follow
suit?

And civil law cannot be separated from Biblical law,
for the Biblical doctrine of law includes all law, civil,
ecclesiastical, societal, familial, and all other forms
of law. The social order which despises God's law
places itself on death row: it is marked for judgment.
The Law Defined
1. The Law is summarized in the 10 Commandments
(Exodus 20:1-17).
2. There are 613 commands in the Torah. They can
be reduced to 10 and even to three virtues.
Micah 6:8: "He hath shewed thee, 0 man, what is good;
and what doth the LORD requires of thee, but to do
justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy
God?"
During a day when men were cutting off fingers and
testicles to gods, Micah's revelation was dynamic. No
god ever required so little from man as YHWH!
3. The Law is summarized by three main virtues in
the NT (Matthew 23:23):
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have
omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment,
mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to
leave the other undone." [Matthew 23:23, Bible]
The three main virtues that are the product of the
law therefore are:
• Faithfulness to God
• Justice toward men
• Mercy toward man
4. The Law is summarized in two virtues as revealed
by Jesus (Mt. 22:34-40):
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the
second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself [Matthew 22:34-36, Bible]
Theology and Law
• Nomism considers the Holy Spirit insufficient and
advances the need for a strict adherence to law. This
approach includes Judaism, Arminianism,
Pelagianism, and Rationalism.
• Antinomianism considers the Law unnecessary for
man's conduct and relies mystically on the Spirit.
This approach includes Mystics and some
Dispensationalists. (deeds of the Nicolaitans)
• Reformationism conclude the Law and the Spirit
work together to convert the ungodly and to sanctify
the believer.
Three uses of the Law
1. Usus politicus or civilis: The Law serves a purpose
of restraining sin and promoting righteousness.
2. Usus pedagogicus: The Law serves to bring sinful
man under conviction of sin making him conscious
of his inability to meet the demands of the law.
3. Usus didacticus (3rd use of the Law: tertius usus
legis): The Law is the believer's a rule of conduct
in order to make men holy.
Three Types of Laws in the Torah
• Moral Laws: Laws that directly reflect the
character of God (Most of the 10 Commandments).
• Civil Laws: Laws that governed polity in Israel
(Laws on capital punishment)
• Cultic Laws: Laws that were designed to make
Israel distinct from her neighbors till Christ was
born (Dietary laws).
The Law And The New Testament Believer
1. God's character as expressed objectively in the
Law gives us the basis for saying there are absolutes.
If there was no God, then there would be no ultimate
right or wrong (Ps. 119:142).
2. The objective law defines and exposes sin in a
fallen world. Without the Law sin is undefined, and
depravity becomes "normal" behavior. The Law also
exposes the sin in man and the truth of man's
bondage in sin and his ultimate responsibility to
God (Gal. 3:19, 22; Rom. 7:9-14; 2:5,6).
Mat 6:10 Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

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4. The Law has no life-giving
properties. It defines what is right,
but doesn't empower mankind to
keep it (Romans 7).
5. The Christian is not under "the Law" as a means to attaining life (Rom. 6:13). However, believers
can look to the law as an expression of the character of God to see what God wants to accomplish in
him. (Galatians 3:21; 22; 5:13-14, 22,23).
6. Christ is the Living Torah. He is the ultimate model of right and wrong. The believer is to model
Christ, and in modeling Christ, he will ultimately fulfill the law (Romans 8:2-4).
7. The believer is not free from the responsibility to keep the Ten Commandments because they
reflect the character of God. The believer is responsible to reflect the character of God however it is
expressed.
Law in the Book of Galatians
This section summarizes the approach to law outlined by the Apostle Paul in the Book of Galatians.
It does so by listing the verses and then summarizing their purpose below:
Gal. 1:9 A curse is pronounced on those who pervert the gospel.
Gal. 2:15 Justification is by faith (sola fide), not by law keeping.
Gal. 3:3 Sanctification is by faith and Spirit.
Continue:
3. The righteousness of God
(expressed in the law) is what God
demands and will accomplish in His
work in history (Psalm 96:1, 11-13,
97:1, 2; Is 9:6,7).

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FACTS ON LAW:
GAL. 3:5 LAW KEEPING IS NOT THE REASON FOR MIRACLES.
GAL. 3:6 THOSE UNDER LAW ARE UNDER A CURSE.
GAL. 3:7 LAW KEEPING WILL NEVER LEAD TO JUSTIFICATION.
GAL. 3:8 THE LAW DOES NOT SPRING FROM FAITH.
GAL. 3:13 CHRISTIANS ARE REDEEMED FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW.
GAL. 3:17 THE OLD COVENANT DOES NOT SET ASIDE THE ABRAHAMIC PROMISE THAT CHRIST
WOULD BRING BLESSING TO ALL.
GAL. 3:18 LAW AND GRACE ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF LAW (GAL. 3:19)?
FIVE PURPOSES OF LAW AS A PAIDAGOGON (S) (PAIDAGWGO,N)
1. TO SHOW WHAT BEHAVIORS ARE SINFUL (GAL. 3:19).
2. TO SHOW THE MISERY OF JUDGMENT FOR SIN (GAL. 3:10).
3. TO SHOW THE VANITY OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS (GAL. 3:21).
4. TO SHOW ALL MEN ARE SINNERS (GAL. 3:22).
5. TO SHOW US CHRIST, THE LIVING TORAH & REDEEMER (GAL. 3:24)

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“REFERENCES”
King James Bible
Prepared by:
Apostle Gary Carter, Jr.
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