LAW WITH GRACE

John 1:17 (AMP) 

For while the Law was given through Moses, grace (unearned, undeserved favor and spiritual blessing) and truth came through Jesus Christ.

 

Law is the bedrock of society, or at least it should be. Sadly, there is no proper law and order in most societies today. Law governs every sector of life. According to Webster’s dictionary, law is a rule of being or conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or power acts. Unfortunately, there is so much lawlessness rather than true justice today.

Laws may be universal or particular, written or unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the highest laws, a degree of permanency or stability is always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a superior power, may annul or change it at their discretion. Laws are therefore implicitly changeable.

But not the law of God! Scriptural law is bound in truth.

Everyone knows the Ten Commandments; unfortunately, not everyone believes in them, just as everyone knows about grace but, not everyone trusts in it. Or, dare I say, most people confuse grace for leniency, as Romans 6:15 explains.

The law that was given to Moses was not a show of grace: it commanded men to "obey" and condemned them to death if they failed to obey. The law told man what was right but, did not give man the power to always do the right thing.

The quickest and easiest way to get someone to break the law is to strictly tell them not to do something.

Even when the law is broken, man decides which law is punishable and how, who gets punished and who goes free, but grace treats every lawbreaker as equal—the punishment or the mercy never fits the crime.

Then grace came in the form of Jesus Christ, along with truth. Jesus declared in Matthew 5:17-18 that He came to fulfil the Law and not to abolish it, while emphasizing the eternal nature of the Word of God. In doing so, Jesus obtained our eternal salvation, delivering us from the deserved death of the law to being saved by grace according to Ephesians 2:8. Grace and truth did not come to enforce the laws and to judge man, but to save and deliver those willing to accept their inability to save themselves from sin. See Acts 4:12, Romans 10:9, and John 3:17.

Grace is mercy when we don’t expect or deserve it. Scripture tells us how God extended grace to us by offering salvation that far outweighs our sinful nature—eternal life for free but purchased and paid for by grace, not law.

Christ not only brought us grace but, showed us the truth. He could and still says clearly, "I am the truth." Christ's honesty and faithfulness are evident in His words and works.

Grace begins with God and is given freely by God. His graciousness to us is the example we need to extend grace and mercy to others and not indulge in the penalty of the law.

Grace cannot be earned; it is freely given but it cost the blood of the Lamb.

Law is the face of humanity, full of all kinds of discrimination, emotions, and probability. Grace, on the other hand, though not often seen, is not faceless; it is the face of the Lamb of God, slain from the foundation of the world, full of glory, mercy, and pardon for justifiable offense but justly overlooked and forgiven.

Let grace speak for you in Jesus’ name.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 

- How and when have you benefitted from grace when the law was fitting? 

- How do you describe the differences between grace and leniency? How does it affect you? 

- How does the understanding of law versus grace impact your relationship with God and others?

PRAYER: Righteous Father and judge of all flesh, thank you for not judging me based on the law and on my crimes but offering me grace that frees me from condemnation in Christ’s name, amen.

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