Intro to Three Uses of the Law

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this second of three episodes on God's law, Jon and Justin talk about the three uses of the law. In considering the three uses of the law, we are essentially answering the question, "Why did God give the law?" The first use of the law is to show us our sin and drive us to Christ. The second use is to teach all men right and wrong--and to restrain our corruption. The third use is to serve as the guide for our living in Christ. Without these uses in view, we are prone to make all kinds of errors in our application and understanding of God's law. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin consider how the uses of the law are often collapsed in our day and the resulting fallout of this confusion. In contending for the uses of the law, we are simply seeking to use the law lawfully (1 Timothy 1:8). Resources: First episode in this series: "Intro to Law and Gospel Distinction"Our episode on "What Must I Do to Be Saved?"Our episode on "John Piper on Holiness"Our episode on "Following Jesus Is Not the Gospel"Our episode on "Faith Without Works is Dead: James 2"

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0:00.0	Hi, this is John. And today on Theocast, Justin and I are continuing our conversation on
0:09.6	understanding the law from a biblical perspective. Last week, we did the law and the gospel distinction.
0:14.8	And today we're talking about the three uses of the law. And this is important to understand
0:20.7	because we often collapse the first and third
0:24.3	use, meaning that we treat the believer as if they're an unbeliever and we call their salvation
0:30.5	into question. So it is really important that we understand biblically the three different ways
0:36.0	the Bible uses the law and that we use
0:38.6	them rightly. We hope this is encouraging for you. Stay tuned. If you'd like to help support Theocast,
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0:56.6	Thanks for listening.
1:18.2	Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian life from a reformed, confessional, and pastoral perspective.
1:28.7	Today, your host are Justin Purdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina, and I'm John Moffitt, Pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee. This is part two of a series that we're doing on the law. And if you've not heard part one, you can go back
1:34.4	and hear that's law and gospel. Today we're going to be talking about the three uses of the law.
1:39.8	And so this is a little bit different for Justin and I. We normally do one episode per week. We do one
1:44.4	regular and one SR, but today we're going to double up and do two just to try and get caught up
1:48.5	and ready for the summer. In that case, Justin, go ahead and just jump right into it, my friend.
1:54.3	John, we're on the efficiency train today. That's right. We are absolutely slinging it. All right, in terms of podcast content trying to create it.
2:01.7	Hopefully it's encouraging for people.
2:03.3	All right, yes. So the three uses of the law, just to tee up this conversation for us and then we're often running.
2:09.5	You maybe have never heard of these categories. If you haven't, this podcast is for you.
2:14.2	If you have heard of the uses of the law, we hope you're encouraged.
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