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Welcome, dear readers!
"Since I have begun to understand God's grace, the 'law' has a limited function in my life. Once upon
a time, I allowed my level of law performance to tell me 'who I am.' Of course, no matter how well I performed, I was declared 'not good enough.'" - Tom Price
Please join me in welcoming IFEL writer, Tom Price, as he shares, "Grace vs. Law." Read more below
Kathy Hill
Managing editor
Exchanging Life Publishing
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KEY SCRIPTURE
Rescued from Domain of Darkness
"He (God, the Father) rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son (Jesus Christ)" (Col. 1:13, NASB).
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GRACE VS. LAW
by Tom Price, contributing writer
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Paul said in Romans 6:14, "For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace." Paul is implying that when we were under law, sin was our master. Since we have been transferred to a different kingdom (Col. 1:13), our system of government is different. In the kingdom of darkness, we were under a law system. It is true that God put that law system in place; but that was to remind us that we were doomed, as residents of this dark kingdom.
Now that we have been rescued from this kingdom of darkness by Christ Himself, we are now under a new system. This new system is called "grace." This new kingdom is a kingdom of light and life. In the kingdom of darkness, performance was the standard that determined your rank and position. No matter how well you performed, you still lived in a dark kingdom that God describes as eternal death!
In this new kingdom of light, identity in Christ is the standard. Christ made us new creatures who want to live righteously at our deepest level. Kingdom life, this side of heaven, is lived out in this
world, where we are aliens and strangers. This is not our home. As a matter of fact, even our bodies once belonged to the resident of that dark kingdom dweller. God, by His design, placed that new creature in the earth suit of that old creature that was crucified. (Gal. 2:20)
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Tom Price (Georgia, USA) is a contributing writer for IOM America - Transformational Biblical Worldview & Exchange Life Development.
Permission obtained from writer to republish Grace vs. Law. Originally published on blogger Living Life! (Christ's Life Expressed through Tom and Tess Price) at tomtess1.blogspot.com on May 16, 2013. IOM America editorial changes to original approved by author.
Scripture note: Changes made to original verses [i.e. bold, indent, underline, parenthetical contents...] are by this article's author for emphasis and/or clarification.
All Scriptures, unless otherwise stated, are taken from the New American Standard Bible, © Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
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