Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

Grace and the Law

On what basis was Abraham accounted righteous? BR-ASI9 281.4

“For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.” Romans 4:3. BR-ASI9 281.5

What scripture cuts off all hope of justification by works? BR-ASI9 281.6

“By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans 3:20. BR-ASI9 281.7

In what way are all believers in Jesus justified? BR-ASI9 281.8

“Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:24. BR-ASI9 281.9

Is the believer expected to go on in sin after this? BR-ASI9 281.10

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” Romans 6:1, 2. BR-ASI9 281.11

What was Christ’s personal attitude toward the law? BR-ASI9 281.12

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matthew 5:17. “If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father’s commandments, and abide in His love.” John 15:10. BR-ASI9 281.13

What scripture shows that God’s remnant people will understand the proper relation between law and gospel? BR-ASI9 281.14

“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12. BR-ASI9 281.15

Note.—“God has not left men enmeshed in their own disobedience— He has provided a way of restoration. This is not by pulling the heavenly standard down to the level of our guiltiness and weakness, but by lifting men up to the level of the eternal standard of his holiness. . . . This restoration is restoration to a state of obedience to the Law. . . . BR-ASI9 281.16

“The atonement of Jesus Christ . . . bears an eternal relation to the Law of God, the Law which is holy, just and good. . . . [As the believer is] delivered by the work of Christ from the penalty of a broken law, and given a new heart by the Holy Spirit, by which he loves the way of obedience that once he shunned, the Law and the gospel are seen working in glorious harmony for the blessing of the redeemed man. BR-ASI9 282.1

“To achieve this is the one great purpose of the proclamation of the gospel.”—O. C. S. Wallace, What Baptists Believe, pp. 83, 84. Copyright, 1934, by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Used by permission. BR-ASI9 282.2