(Christian Debate Only) - The laws are done away with and Christians don't have to follow them

I thank my opponent for starting this debate, and would like to now present my argument supporting the proposition that Christians are no longer under law. Argument #1: Christians No Longer Under Law Argument #2: The Purpose of the Mosaic Law Argument #1 l Christians No Longer Under Law “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.”[1] I will argue that the consistent teaching of the New Testament is that the Believer in Christ is no longer under law, but under grace. This text above explicitly states my case on this matter that we are no longer under law, but under grace. The word for “under” in the Greek is the preposition hypo which means under in this context, and denotes being under authority not of course being literally located under.[2] What does it then mean to no longer be under the law? Let’s look at what Paul anticipates for such a response. “What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!”[3] Notice, he presumes the person being told that they are no longer under law, but under grace that they can sin freely. This of course is not the case, and not for the reason of the Christian still being obligated to follow the Mosaic Law, but rather to avoid becoming a slave to sin and that in Christ is one truly fruitful. Moving on to the next citation for this teaching, we move to the next Chapter, where Paul uses the analogy of marriage. “Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.”[4] In this text, Paul is likening our release from the Law, to a woman in marriage whose husband die. If the husband is alive, she is still bound, but if he dies she is free to marry another. So to in this analogy, that because we have died to the law through Christ, we now belong to Him, not the law and are not subject or under the law. This then changes the way we serve, not in rule keeping and obedience to the written law, but in the new way of the Spirit, which I will summarize as faith working through love. There are many more texts that argue the point, and if necessary I will bring them up later. Argument #2 l The Purpose of the Mosaic Law “So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.”[5] The Law, Paul argues, was but a Guardian someone who is there temporarily to protect and care for children, namely the Children of Israel. This temporary law was to be present “until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made,”[6] which of course is Jesus the Messiah. This is the primary purpose of the law, and it was this purpose that he was to fulfill. Since he has come, we are no longer under the Guardian, which is the law. Rather we are adopts sons of God through Christ and not subject to the law any longer. Best Regards, TrueScotsman [1] Romans 6:14 (ESV) [2] https://www.teknia.com... [3] Romans 6:15 (ESV) [4] Romans 7:1-6 (ESV) [5] Galatians 3:24-26 (ESV) [6] Galatians 3:19 (ESV)