God's Law and Grace Together - Part 1

"My Son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands, for length of days and long life and peace they will add to you". - Proverbs 3:1-2

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men to do so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." - Matthew 5:16-19

"What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? - James 2:14
"You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only". - James 2:24

"If you love me, keep my commandments" - John 14:15

Ok time for another Bible study. This time I have done one on God's Law and Grace. Jesus intended the Law to be kept while at the same time show Love and Grace to others. Most people subtract one or the other out of there belief system in practice, that is not what the Bible or Jesus supports. The devil is attacking the law of God because the law is a reflection of God's will. It helps us be aware of our sin, then we go to Jesus to be cleansed. Satan is attacking the law of God why....because by the law is the knowledge of sin, if you don't have a knowledge of sin there is no law, where there is no law there is no transgression. Where there is no transgression there is no penalty, if there is no penalty you don't need a savior. The law doesn't take away our sin, it helps us realize that we need Jesus. So when people say we don't need the law anymore, that's just not biblical and a doctrine of devils.

Mark 10:17-22 - Jesus talks about in these verses that he wants us to keep the commandments. This is the story of the rich young ruler. The rich young ruler says he did keep all 10 since he was a boy, he says that to to Jesus, but he really didn't remember. The law of God is the foundation of God's government. Remember that sin is the knowing to do good but no doing it. Not only do you have sin's that you commit like murder, hitting your brother, lusted for the opposite sex, ectect.....but also sins of omission....for example you can kill a person by running them over with your car.....or you can kill a person by driving past them bleeding on the side of the road and not stopping to help them. Today people say that hey I don't kill, don't cheat, don't steal, ect. But they don't do what God really wants them to do. They don't listen to that voice inside calling for them, reaching out to them. I personally believe that there will be more people who don't make it to heaven because of sins of omission....raises the bar a bit doesn't it. (me included).

Romans 14:23 - Jesus talks in this verse about how everything that is not of faith is sin. So if you have doubts about something your doing maybe it's because it's wrong and your feeling guilty....and thats a good thing. The sad thing is that in todays world you have pastors on tv and all over the world in different church's teaching that the 10 commandments is the old testament and we are living in the new testament now. So we need to keep the new covenant, which is the new commandments which are in John 13:34....which is to love the Lord with all your heart, mind, strength, and love your neighbor as yourself....and these are things that we should do. But when Jesus quoted the new commandments he meant a new concept because Jesus was quoting Moses who wrote the first books of the Bible. I mean he wrote the book of Genesis, how much older can you get haha. It's the first book of the bible. Talking more about this point you will find in Deuteronomy 6:4 - Again Jesus talks about how he was saying that this is a new concept for you. God gave us the 10 commandments to protect us.

Remember 1 Timothy 6: 18-19 – It says Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.


We are not saved by keeping the 10 commandments that are still valid today, we are saved by grace through faith. But are we judged by our works....oh yes we are. The Bible is very clear that we will be judged and rewarded by our works in this life. Matthew 7:15-20 - Jesus sayd by your fruits / works you will know them. For example if somebody say's they are a Christian, but is a serial killer as a side job....I'm sorry but I don't care what they say there works and the way they live tell me and show me that they are a lier and the truth is not in them - 1 John 2:4. A ton of people take the name of Jesus in vain. Jesus did not die to give us a license to sin. He died to prove that when he is inside of us he can change us and can empower us to be different!! God's law can never be changed. Matthew 7:24 - He who hears these words and does them is like the one who builds his house on a rock. He is a question I need to ask now.....did Jesus write the 10 commandments in stone? Yes he did. Stone means what....forever right?? Did he write it with his own finger? Yes he did!!

Psalms 40:8 - It says the will of God is a delight, written in my heart. Meaning that we should obey God because we love him and want to do things that please him, not hurt him. Matthew 7:21 - It says not all who say Lord Lord will go to the kingdom of heaven. Those who do the will of God will go to heaven....meaning once you love Jesus, have a personal relationship with him, then obeying and doing HIS WILL in your life will become a joy and as easier as it is to breath!! But you MUST HAVE JESUS and LOVE HIM FIRST....if not then you will never want to keep his 10 commandments, you will look at them as burdens instead of joys!! I mean you like to do good by your parents right? People do that all the time....well try doing it with God as well. I mean why not with God. He is your father, savior, and creator.

To me it's just silly for Christians to say that the law is not as important as grace or that it has no place. I mean just look at some of the verses I have been providing in this study....the Bible speaks for itself. I mean as you talk to people about the law you will make people become aware of there sin and they will feel bad. Nobody wants to feel bad, but before you come to Jesus for cleansing you gota feel bad. Jesus doesn't want you to feel bad forever, but he wants you to realize you got a problem (myself included) so you come to the foot of the cross for cleansing. The law shows us that we have sin and are dirty, but grace saves us.

We are in an age now where we are told that having or feeling guilt is bad, don't feel guilty. For example if your kid steals and he comes up to you and says....don't put guilt on me mom and dad, I'm human, I'm not perfect. I'm only human. Wouldn't you be upset if your kid had that attitude? You would start to worry right....like big time worry? We are being taught today that we aren't suppose to feel bad about doing bad. The law is supposed to make us realize that we have dirt on our face so we come to Jesus to be cleansed by the blood of the lamb. Amen right? We need the law. The Devil takes away the law which takes away our need for Christ. The most sad thing is that pastors are teaching people these kind of things. It's giving people the wrong and false idea of who Jesus is and what his Bible says.