Love God's Law

How many of us love reading God's Word? Reading the Bible is usually something that we have to do. It is a task that we must cross off our list before we can continue with the rest of our day. More often than not, the Bible is a burden to us rather than a blessing.

Yet it is the Bible that informs us of God's will for our lives. It is because of the Bible, and all the books that are contained in it, that we know the character of God. It is through this Book that we understand what sin is and how to deal with it.

As we read through the Bible, we fall more in love with God and realize just how precious His Law is. God's Law is more than just Him telling us what we can and cannot do. God's Law is more than just Him telling us what we an and cannot do. God's Law holds a grander purpose in His divine story. John Piper writes,"It's plain that we do not die to the law in every conceivable way. We rejoice in the law in some ways (Rom. 7:22), and in the law we see a witness to the ['righteousness...given through faith in Jesus Christ' (Rom. 3:22)], and we establish the law through faith in Christ (Rom. 3:31); the goal of the law is Christ."

It is through the Law, and the judgment that it brings that we see a clearer picture of the mercy of Jesus Christ. God's Law reveals how truly sinful we are. It is through the Law that we really see how pathetic, imperfect, and in need of grace we are. And then Jesus comes and lavishes us with mercy. Nothing demonstrates God's mercy better than His Law.

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