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Our Lord went on with an explicit quotation of the next five commandments, although not in their exact order. Doesn’t this seem to be an odd answer to ‘What shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ Surely Jesus didn’t imagine that this fellow could have eternal life by keeping the law. ‘A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ ... for by the works of the law shall NO flesh be justified’ [Galatians 2:16]. Why didn’t Jesus speak of the free gift offered to all? That’s it! Why not offer Himself as a ‘personal Saviour?’ Why all this attention to the law?

Again, we need to be reminded that Jesus is a better evangelist than any of us! Begin to judge your message by His, not vice versa. God’s law is an essential ingredient of Gospel preaching, for ‘by the law is the knowledge of sin’ [Romans 3:20]. The absence of God’s holy law from modern preaching is perhaps as responsible as any other factor for the evangelistic impotence of our churches and missions.

Does the moral law of God have any place in the bringing forth of the Gospel? Does the world need to be confronted with the demands of God's holy law before they are offered salvation in Christ? What are the consequences of not including the law when speaking of Jesus Christ and salvation? These and many other questions are discussed in this month's Article of the Month, written by Walter Chantry. For some, this article will be something very new. For others it will be a refreshing balm from what is currently in vogue today.

I think most will really enjoy Chantry's article.

To read it now, click here: Preaching the Law of God

For later reading, from The Highway homepage, click on "The Article of the Month" logo.

In His service and grace,