Subject: What of the Law applies to me a believe? |
Bible Note: Dear MJH, Therefore you see why this question is bounded by the extremes of legalism and antinomianism. Righteousness isn't about compliance with the law any more than beauty is about makeup. The tree is known by its fruit, but the nature of the fruit is a manifestation of the very DNA of the plant. Thus, as Thomas Watson put it, "A godly man is a heavenly man; heaven is in him, before he is in heaven." In Him, Doc |