Bible Bible teaches that the gospel sets us free as believers from the law, but it also teaches that

believers should seek to uphold the law. So how's that possible? Is Scripture contradicting itself?

No, it's not. We're going to think through

this together on Truth for Life. Alistair Begg is teaching today from Romans chapter 8.

We considered what is true of the Christian that there is no condemnation. We then asked the question,

when is that true? And we discovered that it is true now, that he is not referencing some

future possibility, but he is describing a present reality. Well, inevitably, someone thinking

will say, well, if there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, why is that

the case? And Paul anticipates the why question, and he answers it in verse 2, beginning

with a because, because he says, through Christ Jesus,

the law of the spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Or, according from the

English standard version, for the law of the spirit of life, has set you free in Christ Jesus from the

law of sin and death. Now, for me to say that, that the gospel has set us free from the law and of

its curse will ring some bells for those who know their Bibles. For others who are not particularly

familiar with it, they may

think that is a rather strange thing to say. So let me cross-reference this for you. In Galatians

chapter 3 and in verse 10, Paul is addressing this very subject. And in verse 10 of Galatians 3, he says, all who rely on observing the law are under

a curse, for it is written, cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written

in the book of the law. So, it is our failure to obey the law of God,

which brings us under the curse of God. That's the predicament. In verse 11 of Galatians 3,

he goes on to point out that there is no possibility of any of us

being put in a right standing with God as a result of the law. Clearly, he says, no one is

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