Grace vs law

All quotations are from the updated king James version (UKJV) unless indicated.

The two terms grace and law have been one of the major issues in the body of Christ today. So we
are going to define these terms mean and which of the two is still relevant today. In this module, we
are going to put the law and grace in its proper place.

The word law can be defined as a rule of conduct or action imposed by authority. So in this module
we will be dealing with the law that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai. It is called the Mosaic law,
the letter in many places in the new testament. In contrast the Grace is simply defined as God’s free,
unmerited and undeserved favour. As we study the Bible we see that the “whole law” goes far
beyond the Ten Commandments.

The total Law consists of FOUR parts that become inseparable.

(1) The “moral law,” the Ten Commandments that governed the moral conduct of the nation of
Israel.

(2) The “civil law,” that governed the social conduct of the nation of Israel.

(3) The “dietary law,” that governed the health of the nation of Israel.

(4) The “ceremonial law,” that governed the religious conduct of the nation of Israel.

John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Gal 3:19 Wherefore then serves the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed
should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a
mediator.

Moses becomes the mediator of the Law, and Jesus is the mediator of the new covenant. Hebrews 8
vs 6; 12 vs 24.

The old testament law was instituted by the blood of bulls and goats; the new testament grace was
established by the death of the testator, Jesus Christ. As a result the blood of Jesus brought us into
the grace of God.

The law of Moses as it is known was summed up of the ten commandments written on tablets of
stone, the ordinances, the sacrifices and the judgments. The law was temporary until the seed
promised to Abraham, which is Christ Jesús would come. (Galatians 3 vs 19, 24-25). Since Christ has
come we are no longer under the law. In 2 Corinthians 3 vs 7, the apostle Paul calls the Ten
Commandments, the ministration of death written and engraved in stone. In verse 9 of the same
chapter he refers to it as the ministration of condemnation. In John 5 vs 45, Jesus calls Moses, who
brought the testimony of the Law the accuser. Furthermore, the scribes and Pharisees who brought
the woman who was caught committing adultery to Jesus in John 8, used the Law to condemn her to
death. Jesus had to silence her accusers and asked her if anyone had condemned her. Then Jesus
said to her neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more. (John 8 vs 11)