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Q10. What is the relationship between the law and the gospel?

Picture: Q10. What is the relationship between the law and the gospel? JTLD 256.1

The law is an agency that leads us to recognize our need for a Savior. It points out our sins and selfishness and provides a solution in Jesus. The law can be compared to a mirror. The mirror shows us where we are dirty, but it doesn’t clean us up! In the same way, we discover our sinfulness by looking into the law of God, but we look for cleansing to the cross of Calvary, “the blood of the Lamb.” JTLD 256.2

Imagine all of us as sinners gathered figuratively at the foot of Mount Sinai. As we hear in peals of thunder God declare the Ten Commandments as the standard of righteousness, we come under the conviction of sin and realize that our hopeless condition will lead to eternal death. JTLD 256.3

Then Jesus leads us figuratively to Mount Calvary, where we find the Good News of salvation through faith in His atoning life and death. Hope fills our souls, and in faith, we reach out to our Savior, who extends to us the gift of everlasting life. No wonder we are then eager to obey, to respond in grateful obedience to God’s amazing grace and unfathomable love! JTLD 256.4