We are only no longer under the condemnation of the law when we obey the law. When a person obeys the law none of the penalties of law breaking apply to them at all. The law truly comes to bear in someone's life when they break it, then they are accountable for the law they've broken. When a person steals and is arrested they are given a trial where a lawyer will cite the law they broke while another lawyer will try to help the one who stole by getting them leniency. Of course there are a lot of variations on this, but that's the general scenario. A judge listens to all sides and often a jury of peers listens too then they all decide what the best course of action is- guilty, not guilty they decide- and they use the laws that have been enacted to make their decisions.
You could spend your entire life never needing to face a judge and jury, never breaking the laws of the land you live in. You live your life in compliance to the laws that exist. But should you NOT live your life in compliance to the laws then you are guilty of law breaking. The same holds perfectly true for the Lord's royal law that has never been abolished, but rather verified and clarified by our Savior as He ministered upon earth. Keeping the royal law we never come into condemnation of breaking it, but not keeping it, then we are accountable.
The ceremonial laws calling for ritual sacrifices was abolished when the ultimate Sacrifice was made by Christ Jesus, but the royal law could never be done away with- Christ Himself gave that law.
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'Not under the Law.
Instruments of Righteousness Romans 6:12-23
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin; but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
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Not under the Law.
Many people are fond of quoting this expression, thinking that it forever absolves them from any observance of the law of God. Strange to say, this expression is used as a cover only for non-observance of the fourth commandment. Repeat the fourth commandment to a man who objects to keeping the sabbath of the Lord, the seventh day, and he will say, "We are not under the law." Yet that same man will quote the third commandment to a man whom he hears swearing, or the first and second against the heathen, and will acknowledge the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments. Thus it appears that men do not really believe that the statement that we are not under the law means that we are at liberty to break it. Let us study the whole verse, and its different parts.
What Is Sin?
"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4. "All unrighteousness is sin." 1 John 5:17. This is definite; let us hold it well in our minds.
What Is Righteousness? Righteousness is the opposite of sin, because "all unrighteousness is sin." But "sin is the transgression of the law." Therefore righteousness is the keeping of the law.
So when we are exhorted to yield our members as instruments of righteousness unto God, it is the same as telling us to yield ourselves to obedience to the law.
The Dominion of Sin.
Sin has no dominion over those who yield themselves servants to righteousness, or to obedience to the law; because sin is the transgression of the law. Now read the whole of the fourteenth verse: "For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace." That is to say, transgression of the law has no place in them who are not under the law.
Then those who are not under the law are those who OBEY the law. Those who break it, are under it. Nothing can be plainer.
Under Grace.
"Ye are not under the law, but under grace." We have seen that those who are not under the law are the ones who are keeping the law.
Those therefore who are under the law are the ones who are breaking it, and who are therefore under its condemnation.
But "where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." Grace delivers from sin.'
You could spend your entire life never needing to face a judge and jury, never breaking the laws of the land you live in. You live your life in compliance to the laws that exist. But should you NOT live your life in compliance to the laws then you are guilty of law breaking. The same holds perfectly true for the Lord's royal law that has never been abolished, but rather verified and clarified by our Savior as He ministered upon earth. Keeping the royal law we never come into condemnation of breaking it, but not keeping it, then we are accountable.
The ceremonial laws calling for ritual sacrifices was abolished when the ultimate Sacrifice was made by Christ Jesus, but the royal law could never be done away with- Christ Himself gave that law.
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'Not under the Law.
Instruments of Righteousness Romans 6:12-23
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin; but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
(Excerpt)
Not under the Law.
Many people are fond of quoting this expression, thinking that it forever absolves them from any observance of the law of God. Strange to say, this expression is used as a cover only for non-observance of the fourth commandment. Repeat the fourth commandment to a man who objects to keeping the sabbath of the Lord, the seventh day, and he will say, "We are not under the law." Yet that same man will quote the third commandment to a man whom he hears swearing, or the first and second against the heathen, and will acknowledge the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments. Thus it appears that men do not really believe that the statement that we are not under the law means that we are at liberty to break it. Let us study the whole verse, and its different parts.
What Is Sin?
"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4. "All unrighteousness is sin." 1 John 5:17. This is definite; let us hold it well in our minds.
What Is Righteousness? Righteousness is the opposite of sin, because "all unrighteousness is sin." But "sin is the transgression of the law." Therefore righteousness is the keeping of the law.
So when we are exhorted to yield our members as instruments of righteousness unto God, it is the same as telling us to yield ourselves to obedience to the law.
The Dominion of Sin.
Sin has no dominion over those who yield themselves servants to righteousness, or to obedience to the law; because sin is the transgression of the law. Now read the whole of the fourteenth verse: "For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace." That is to say, transgression of the law has no place in them who are not under the law.
Then those who are not under the law are those who OBEY the law. Those who break it, are under it. Nothing can be plainer.
Under Grace.
"Ye are not under the law, but under grace." We have seen that those who are not under the law are the ones who are keeping the law.
Those therefore who are under the law are the ones who are breaking it, and who are therefore under its condemnation.
But "where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." Grace delivers from sin.'