Definition
The law of God is first understood in terms of who God is as the Creator and Lord, and then in its covenantal context of instruction and demand for God’s people. In Scripture, it is used in a number of distinguishable but related ways that center on who God is and our relationship to him as his image-bearers and people.
Summary
This article thinks through five ways that Scripture speaks about the law of God. Starting first with the truth that God is the law, the discussion turns to God as our Creator and Lord who deserves and demands perfect obedience from his creatures to locating the discussion of the law in God in the context of God’s covenant relations with us. The law of God cannot be understood apart from God as the Creator and Covenant Lord, and the fulfillment of the biblical covenants in the new covenant and the law of Christ.
Videos
What’s the Relationship between Law and Gospel?
“Grace must be the basis of our confidence before God because we are never going to make it otherwise.” In this video, Don Carson—New Testament professor at Trinity Evangelical and TGC President—discusses the relationship between law and gospel.
Keep the Ten Commandments? Yes and No
Don Carson—New Testament professor at Trinity Evangelical and TGC president—describes the relationship between New Covenant Christians and the Old Covenant law.
Podcasts
Articles
Why Don’t Christians Keep the Jewish Law?
The law isn’t meant to clean you, but to send you to the One who can. The mirror of the law was designed to drive you to the shower of the gospel.
The Enduring Appeal of Antinomianism
The enduring appeal of antinomian theology is simply that it’s easy.
What It Means to Be a ‘Doer of the Word’
Imagine how the gospel-renewed version of you would act. Then go and do likewise.
Don’t Let Your Bible Reading Plan Die in Leviticus
Read Leviticus in the shadow of the cross, and you’ll be richly rewarded.
10 Reasons the Old Testament Is Important for Christians
The Old Testament was not written to you, but it was written for you.
The Old Covenant Is Over. The Old Testament Is Authoritative.
It’s too simplistic to say that believers must obey the Ten Commandments. We are under the law of Christ.
Book Reviews
Delighting in the Law of the Lord
With cultural insight, theological integrity, and the heart of a gentle evangelist, Jerram Barrs expounds a biblical view of law.
The Law of Christ
Jesus is the supreme standard of the New Covenant ethic.
Let Kevin DeYoung Reintroduce You to the 10 Commandments
The church and the world are hungry for true righteousness.
Why We Can’t Unhitch from the Old Testament
We can be so eager to oppose any and all obstacles to Christianity, that we end up, unwittingly, opposing Christianity itself.
