BRAGADAYJAH 218

Before the giving of these Ten Commandments, the Lord God had been in touch with the children of Israel on a day by day, need by need basis; but in the past, he did not speak directly to or with them.  All that He commanded, all that He said, was via the lips of Moses.  He had delivered them out of the land of bondage; he had brought them through the Red Sea; He fought their fight and vanquished Amalek, and the people sang His praises.

            Now He spoke to Moses in their presence so that they could hear His voice, and He gave them commandments to live by.  In His day, centuries later Jesus was to summaries those commandments into two: (i) Our duty towards God, and (ii) our duty towards our neighbor. 

            Some short sighted expositors are often heard to say, that with the giving of grace the law has been abolish; but this is clearly a misunderstanding of the juxtaposition and working of law and grace; scripture itself says if there was no law there would be no need for grace.  This it is averred is a matter of common sense; if there was nothing to violate, then there could be no violation and so their would be no need to enter a plea in mitigation.

            The English law of Equity was initiated in order to temper some of the asperities of the law, especially the common law; and in its application, it is a rule that “Equity follows the law.” But at the same time it is provided that where the law and equity conflict, the law would give way to equity.  This clearly does not mean that the law has been abolished; but rather equitable principles override.  In relation to the Law of God and grace, the Apostle Paul puts it thus: “Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterward be revealed.  Wherefore the law was our school master to bring us unto Christ that we might be justified by faith.”  And again, he says, “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”

            Did the institution of grace abolish the law?  Not in anywise.  More.  
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