Assertion: grace's law | /r/HasProperty | romans
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text: We were born in sin (Psalm 51:5), and we were guilty of breaking God’s holy laws (Romans 3:9–20, 23; 1 John 1:8–10).
text: Paul frequently contrasted grace with law (Romans 4:16; 5:20; 6:14-15; Galatians 2:21; 5:4).
text: Rather, it fulfills the righteousness of the law (Romans 6:14-15).
text: Grace is contrasted with the Law of Moses (Romans 6:14; Hebrews 10:4; John 1:17) and the church of Christ believes that Paul's contrast between work and faith is as described under the Efforts to resolve the tension section, a contrast between works of the Old Covenant and obedient faith under the New Covenant.
text: The main lines seem to be these: (1) Technically, salvation by grace in the New Testament is opposed to an Old Testament doctrine of salvation by works (Romans 4:4; 11:6), or, what is the same thing, by law (Romans 6:14; John 1:17); i.e. men and God are thought of as parties to a contract, to be fulfilled by each independently.
text: Without Christ, we lived in sin (Psalm 51:5), and we were unable to uphold God's holy laws (Romans 3:9–20; 1 John 1:8–10).
text: As Paul said of a group of unregenerate Gentiles, they “do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law” (Romans 2:14).
text: The apostle Paul said that love is the fulfillment of the law (Romans 13:9-10 ).
text: But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets (Romans 3:19-21).
text: We were born in sin (Psalm 51:5), and we were guilty of breaking God’s law (Romans 3:9–20, 23; 1 John 1:8–10).