Law and Gospel

Question 1 How do law and gospel differ as to where they are written? How do law and gospel differ as to where they are written?

Romans 2: Corinthians 2: Timothy 3:15 Our HeartsBibleBible Only Key Point 1 Matthew 19:17-19 Galatians 3:12 DODON’T Colossians 2:13-14 Galatians 3:13 DONE by Christ Key Point 2 Romans 6:23a Punishment in hell Romans 6:23b John 3:16 Life in Heaven Key Point 3 Galatians 3:10 Have toWant to Romans 12:1 Or else!Thanks! Key Point 4 Application 1 Application 2 Application 3 Application 4

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Application 1 A friend of yours says, “The reason I love the Bible is that it is God’s rule book for my life.” How far might you support your friend’s statement?

Application 2 Your Pastor clearly proclaims the gospel message, but he doesn’t shake his finger at you and harshly demand, “You’d better believe this stuff or else!” Why is your pastor’s way the right way to proclaim the gospel message?

Application 3 Christmastime is a major gift-giving season. Is the giving of gifts at Christmas keeping with the gospel message of the season? In what ways can it serve to obscure the gospel message and thus become sinful?

Application 4 One of your friends from church tells you that she is tempted to do one of the following: cheat on a test, party and get drunk, have sex with her boyfriend. Then explain how you would use God’s gospel to show her the savior's love for her – motivating her to flee these temptations for his sake. In each of these three situations, first explain how you would use God’s law to remind your friend of the sin she would be committing.

Romans 2:14-15 Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.

1 Corinthians 2:9-10 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" – but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.

2 Timothy 3:15 …and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Key Point 1 Although the ___ is written in the _____ and in the ____, the ______ is written only in the _____. heart Bible law gospel Bible

Question 2 How do law and gospel differ as to what they tell us? How do law and gospel differ as to what they tell us?

Matthew 19:17-19 "Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments." "Which ones?" the man inquired. Jesus replied, "'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,' and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Galatians 3:12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them.”

Colossians 2:13-14 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.

Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."

Key Point 2 The ___ tells us what ____ wants us to do or not do, but the ______ says that everything has been done for us by ______. lawGod gospel Christ

Question 3 What two different things do the law and gospel tell us God will give us?

Romans 6:23a For the wages of sin is death,

Romans 6:23b but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Key Point 3 The law of ____ will give us eternal _____, but the ______ tells us that God will give us the free gift of eternal ___ instead. God deathgospel life

Question 4 How does the gospel motivate us to serve God in a different way than the law does?

Galatians 3:10 All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law."

Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship.

Key Point 4 The ______ moves us to serve ____ because we ____ to, not because we ____ to. gospel Godwant have

What I’ve Learned I need to know the difference between law and gospel so that I never confuse one with the other.