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How Should Grace Relate to Law in the Life of a Christian

Grace and Law part 1: Simple but Powerful Framework for the Christian Life By Mike Robinson   One is saved by grace and the saved person should follow God's law out of gratitude and love. I recently heard a preacher discuss the relationship between grace and the law (God's commandments). He wasn’t able to make proper biblical distinctions and his sermon may have left some Christians confused. I have been blessed to pastor churches which aim to preach a clear message concerning the distinctions and interrelations between the law and gospel; duty and grace.  Many churches unwittingly confuse the law and grace. Some churches fall into legalism. Others may affirm the opposite by stating that teaching moral duties is legalism. I have found that a teaching summary designated the three Gs helps many Christians make the right distinctions between law and gospel; sanctification and justification.  Some preachers, apologists, and average Christians often...