But if they mean that faith frees us from the law as a rule of duty, they are wrong. It is the will of God. It is all that we should do. There is law in the New Testament as well as in the Old. If he obeyed this law, his life would be an unplanned, disorganized blot without order or meaning.
Life is like a poem to be composed or a canvas to be painted.
There must be form. While love is the principle of all obedience to God, law gives love its form. Unless the law of Christian duty is kept before us, we will take forgiveness for granted and will feel that we scarcely need it at all. The life of faith does not presume on God's mercy Faith cannot exist with an evil intention to ignore the will of God. The path of faith is straight.