Law vs. Grace: An Overview Jim McGowan, Th.D. Sugar Land Bible Church

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2. Outline Our Purpose, Aim, and Objective Points of Contrast and Comparison Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st
3. I. OUR PURPOSE, AIM, AND OBJECTIVE …is to Compare and Contrast Law and Grace so as
4. 2 Corinthians 3:6–11 6 [God] also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not
5. Looking at things in opposite ways Law vs. Grace: An Overview Disclaimer: NOT an Extreme Teaching!
6. Law vs. Grace: An Overview Biblical!
7. Israel under the Law Law vs. Grace: An Overview The Church under Grace A. Why Compare
8. As we compare and contrast, we’ll discover that there are indeed: similarities between Israel & the
9. but there are also important differences between Israel under the Law and the Church under Grace.
10. A. Why Compare and Contrast? As we compare and contrast, we will avoid extremes simply by
11. Why would we consider it so important to compare and contrast Law and Grace – Israel
12. Law vs. Grace: An Overview B. Does This Really Matter? “There is a tendency, however, for
13. For one thing, it is a matter of what the Bible actually says! Law vs. Grace:
14. Secondly, properly understanding these distinction impacts relationships and identities. Law vs. Grace: An Overview B. Does
15. Law vs. Grace: An Overview B. Does This Really Matter? Clarity of Identities and Relationships My
16. YES! IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH! Law vs. Grace: An Overview B. Does This
17. Numbers 15:32–36 32 Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a
18. YES! IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH! Law vs. Grace: An Overview B. Does This
19. 2 Corinthians 3:7–9 7 But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came
20. YES! IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH! Law vs. Grace: An Overview B. Does This
21. YES! IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH! Law vs. Grace: An Overview B. Does This
22. Galatians 2:19–20 19 “For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might
23. Law vs. Grace: An Overview Romans 7:4 4 Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to
24. Outline Our Purpose, Aim, and Objective Points of Contrast and Comparison Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st
25. Mt. Sinai Mt. Calvary Law vs. Grace: An Overview II. Points of Contrast and Comparison
26. II. Points of Contrast and Comparison Law vs. Grace: An Overview
27. A significant point of contrast between Law and Grace is in our access to and our
28. Under the Law of Moses, distance from God was a LEGAL REQUIREMENT. Law vs. Grace: An
29. Exodus 19:12-13 12 "You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Beware that you
30. Isaiah 6:5 5 Then I said, “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am
31. Law vs. Grace: An Overview A. Distance and Intimacy
32. Law vs. Grace: An Overview B. Access
33. B. Access Ephesians 2:18 & 3:11-12 2:18 …for through Him [Christ] we both have our access
34. B. Access Hebrews 4:15–16 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize
35. Moses recorded the things that happened to the Israelites for our benefit and for our instruction.
36. Romans 15:4 4 For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, that
37. And among those benefits and things written for our instruction is that THE LAW POINTS TO
38. Outline Our Purpose, Aim, and Objective Points of Contrast and Comparison Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st
39. While Christ was the steward who initiated the Church through the apostles in His first coming,
40. Christ was first sent to earth to be born a Jew, in the land of Israel,
41. Matthew 10:5–6 “…Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any
42. All but the very last part of the earthly ministry of Christ was TO JEWS IN
43. Only after it was abundantly clear that the Jews had rejected Him as their King, “UNDER
44. Matthew 23:37–39 37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent
45. Outline Our Purpose, Aim, and Objective Points of Contrast and Comparison Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st
46. Many believers in the Church now are trying to carry out parts of the Law: seeking
47. These theological misunderstandings cause many Christians to misinterpret Grace as well, leading them to think that
48. Law vs. Grace: An Overview Romans 3:20 “20…by the works of the Law no flesh will
49. Law vs. Grace: An Overview Acts 15:10 10 “Now therefore why do you put God to
50. Law vs. Grace: An Overview Galatians 5:1 1 It was for freedom that Christ set us
51. Living “under Grace” it is not what we do or don’t do, rather it is our
52. Law vs. Grace: An Overview Ephesians 1:3 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our
53. Law vs. Grace: An Overview 2 Peter 1:2–4 3seeing that [God’s] divine power has granted to
54. Outline Our Purpose, Aim, and Objective Points of Contrast and Comparison Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st
55. The Old Covenant (LAW) was very specific concerning human responsibilities. It was essentially an objective, external
56. Grace is a gift in the fullest sense therefore, there is no paying God back for
57. Law vs. Grace: An Overview Colossians 3:15–17 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your
58. Outline Our Purpose, Aim, and Objective Points of Contrast and Comparison Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st
59. VI. Conclusion
60. If we don’t understand how overwhelmingly, earth-shakingly, awesome the Law is… Law vs. Grace: An Overview
61. For the Believer: Misunderstanding the clear distinctions between Law and Grace causes them: to incorrectly seek
62. For the Non-Believer: The admonition to those present who are unbelievers is: Today is the Day
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Outline
Our Purpose, Aim, and Objective
Points of Contrast and Comparison
Critical Insights into

Christ’s 1st Coming
Misunderstanding The Law & Christ’s Earthly Ministry
A Proper Response to the Grace Gift
Conclusion

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I. OUR PURPOSE, AIM, AND OBJECTIVE
…is to Compare and Contrast Law

and Grace so as to properly understand these two important themes and how they are related to the life of the New Testament Believer.

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

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2 Corinthians 3:6–11
6 [God] also made us adequate as servants

of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 7 But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was, 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory. 10 For indeed what had glory, in this case has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it. 11 For if that which fades away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory. (NASB95)

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Looking at things in opposite ways
Law vs. Grace: An Overview
Disclaimer: NOT

an Extreme Teaching!

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Law vs. Grace: An Overview
Biblical!

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Israel under the Law
Law vs. Grace: An Overview
The Church under Grace
A.

Why Compare and Contrast?

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As we compare and contrast, we’ll discover that there are indeed:
similarities

between Israel & the Church…

Exodus 7:4
“…My people the sons of Israel…”

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

A. Why Compare and Contrast?

1 Peter 2:10
“…now you [the Body of Christ] are the people of God…”

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but there are also important differences between Israel under the Law

and the Church under Grace.

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

Where are you blessed?

A. Why Compare and Contrast?

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A. Why Compare and Contrast?
As we compare and contrast, we

will avoid extremes simply by observing:
what is the same or similar between Israel and the Church?
what is different between them.

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

Fortunately, God’s Holy Word clearly spells out these things.

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Why would we consider it so important to compare and contrast

Law and Grace – Israel and the Church?
Isn’t this all just much to do about nothing?

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

B. Does This Really Matter?

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Law vs. Grace: An Overview
B. Does This Really Matter?
“There is a

tendency, however, for dispensationalists to get carried away with compartmentalizing truth to the point that they make unbiblical differentiations. An almost obsessive desire to categorize and contrast related truths has carried various dispensationalist interpreters (Chafer, Ryrie, Hodges, etc.) far beyond the legitimate distinctions between Israel and the Church. Many would also draw hard lines between salvation and discipleship (justification and sanctification), the church and the kingdom, Christ's preaching and the apostolic message, faith and repentance, and the age of law and the age of grace." (bold & emphasis mine) John MacArthur Jr., The Gospel According to Jesus, page 31

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For one thing, it is a matter of what the Bible

actually says!

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

B. Does This Really Matter?

1 Corinthians 10:11
11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction…

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Secondly, properly understanding these distinction impacts relationships and identities.
Law vs. Grace:

An Overview

B. Does This Really Matter?

God designed this life and eternity so as to require clarity of identities and relationships.

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Law vs. Grace: An Overview
B. Does This Really Matter? Clarity of

Identities and Relationships

My Wife

My Daughters.

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YES! IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH!
Law vs. Grace: An

Overview

B. Does This Really Matter?

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Numbers 15:32–36 32
Now while the sons of Israel were in

the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation; 34 and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him. 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36 So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. (NASB95)

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YES! IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH!
Law vs. Grace: An

Overview

B. Does This Really Matter?

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2 Corinthians 3:7–9
7 But if the ministry of death, in letters

engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was, 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory. (NASB95)

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YES! IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH!
Law vs. Grace: An

Overview

B. Does This Really Matter?

God never intended that we in the Church live that way!
We’re already blessed, so why would we strive and work under a ministry of death and condemnation in order to be blessed?

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YES! IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH!
Law vs. Grace: An

Overview

B. Does This Really Matter?

Because of our “identification in Christ,” we died to the Law.
Christ is now our life and our righteousness so we don’t have to try to FIND life or try to STAY ALIVE.

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Galatians 2:19–20
19 “For through the Law I died to the

Law, so that I might live to God. 20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. (NASB95)

YES! IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH!

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

B. Does This Really Matter?

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Law vs. Grace: An Overview
Romans 7:4
4 Therefore, my brethren, you also

were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. (NASB95)

YES! IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH!

B. Does This Really Matter?

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Outline
Our Purpose, Aim, and Objective
Points of Contrast and Comparison
Critical Insights into

Christ’s 1st Coming
Misunderstanding The Law & Christ’s Earthly Ministry
A Proper Response to the Grace Gift
Conclusion

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Mt. Sinai
Mt. Calvary
Law vs. Grace: An Overview
II. Points of Contrast and

Comparison

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II. Points of Contrast and Comparison
Law vs. Grace: An Overview

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A significant point of contrast between Law and Grace is in

our access to and our intimacy with God:

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

A. Distance and Intimacy

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Under the Law of Moses, distance from God was a LEGAL

REQUIREMENT.

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

Exodus 3:4–5
4 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” 5 Then He said, “Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

A. Distance and Intimacy

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Exodus 19:12-13
12 "You shall set bounds for the people all around,

saying, 'Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. 13 'No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether beast or man, he shall not live…"

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

A. Distance and Intimacy

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Isaiah 6:5
5 Then I said, “Woe is me, for I am

ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.” (NASB95)

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

A. Distance and Intimacy

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Law vs. Grace: An Overview
A. Distance and Intimacy

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Law vs. Grace: An Overview
B. Access

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B. Access
Ephesians 2:18 & 3:11-12
2:18 …for through Him [Christ] we both

have our access in one Spirit to the Father…3:11…Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him. (NASB)

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B. Access
Hebrews 4:15–16
15 For we do not have a high priest

who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.16 Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need. (NASB)

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Moses recorded the things that happened to the Israelites for our

benefit and for our instruction.

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

C. The Law Looks Ahead to Grace

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Romans 15:4
4 For whatever was written in earlier times was written

for our instruction, that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

C. The Law Looks Ahead to Grace

1 Corinthians 10:11
11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

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And among those benefits and things written for our instruction is

that THE LAW POINTS TO WHO CHRIST IS AND WHAT HE DID FOR US.

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

Grace also looks back on the Law.

C. The Law Looks Ahead to Grace

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Outline
Our Purpose, Aim, and Objective
Points of Contrast and Comparison
Critical Insights into

Christ’s 1st Coming
Misunderstanding The Law & Christ’s Earthly Ministry
A Proper Response to the Grace Gift
Conclusion

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While Christ was the steward who initiated the Church through the

apostles in His first coming, His 3 years of ministry are often misunderstood by Christians.

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

III. Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st Coming

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Christ was first sent to earth to be born a Jew,

in the land of Israel, TO APPEAL ONLY TO THE JEWS to receive Him as their King and Messiah – by preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

III. Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st Coming

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Matthew 10:5–6
“…Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and

do not enter any city of the Samaritans; 6 but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (NASB95)

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

III. Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st Coming

Matthew 15:24
“…I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (NASB95)

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All but the very last part of the earthly ministry of

Christ was TO JEWS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL, as an appeal TO LIVE UNDER THE LAW and to accept Him as their King.

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III. Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st Coming

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Only after it was abundantly clear that the Jews had rejected

Him as their King, “UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES”, did Jesus begin to introduce to His disciples the mystery of the Church.

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III. Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st Coming

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Matthew 23:37–39
37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones

those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.38 “Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! 39 “For I say to you, from now on you shall not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’” (NASB)

Law vs. Grace: An Overview

III. Critical Insights into Christ’s 1st Coming

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Outline
Our Purpose, Aim, and Objective
Points of Contrast and Comparison
Critical Insights into

Christ’s 1st Coming
Misunderstanding The Law & Christ’s Earthly Ministry
A Proper Response to the Grace Gift
Conclusion

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Many believers in the Church now are trying to carry out

parts of the Law:
seeking its Jewish earthly blessings
forgiving so that they can be forgiven by God
striving to imitate the earthly life of Christ.

Law vs. Grace: An Overview