Sometimes there's a little confusion about the law in scripture. Today I want to clear up

what the law is and why its seemingly restrictive nature is important and a blessing for us today.

Welcome to the Sheproos Faithful Podcast, episode number 181.

Truth and Encouragement to live gospel-centered lives every day.

I'm your host, Lauren Lushak.

Hi, everyone.

Welcome to the podcast.

My name is Lauren, and I'm really grateful you're here.

I know that you have a lot of things you could listen to and be doing,

so thanks for letting me be a part of your day. I want to thank all the supporters of the podcast,

people who donate every month to help make this podcast possible. So many of you have been with me

for many years, and I'm very, very grateful. And I just want to give a big shout out and thanks to you.

Today we're going to talk about the law, and I know I've talked about the law on this podcast

many times and obedience and faith and all sorts of good things, but I'm excited today because

I'm going to talk about the three purposes of the law in the Old Testament and why

some of it is applicable today and why some of it is no longer applicable. You might be curious

about that. So I'm glad you're here. And it was actually, well, the reason this podcast came about

was because I read an article on discern and it just really broke my heart. So I thought

this would be a good way to address two things at once and really encourage us that the law

might seem restrictive, but really it is a blessing to us even today. Let's start out with a life hack

first. Many of you live in areas where you are starting to have spring weather. We're out

here in Colorado and we've actually had a really snowy spring. March was like snow all the time,

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