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Walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. (Galatians 5:16).
THE Law has ever furnished a subject of disputation in the Church from the time of its earliest records. Some, by their strong assertions of Christians' liberty, have given occasion to others to turn the grace of God into licentiousness, because they have not perceived that the end of that liberty is service to God. "Being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness." "As free and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God."
Christian liberty is in
the Spirit, not in the flesh.
Table of Contents
1.Antinomianism and Legalism
Excerpt- It is true the word Law is used in a less definite sense: but when the Law is used, it generally means the whole Mosaic economy, which was not partially but entirely superseded by that which was introduced by Christ. "The Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." In no place in Scripture is that distinction found which is commonly insisted on between the moral and ceremonial law; in this the Antinomian is right in principle. The Law was fulfilled and set aside by the work of Christ, in order to make way for the display of the wondrous grace of God. God in law is God imputing trespasses. It is true that such a distinction exactly suits our selfishness, which is to render unto God no more than He absolutely requires, which is just the principle of Law. It is obligation, it is duty, that which is rendered unwillingly, or which would not be rendered at all, were it not demanded. The mischief of such a statement I believe to be twofold. It tends to lead the children of God into bondage, and to lower their walk and conversation.
There is one sentence of the Apostle which exactly meets the difficulty. "Not without Law to God but under the Law to Christ." (1 Cor. 9:21) The article inserted in our translation confuses the sense not lawless to God but under law to Christ. Here I believe the cases of the Antinomian and Legalist both to be met.