June 1, 2010

Are We Called To “Live The Gospel”?

Michael Horton says no as this confuses Law and Gospel:

…we often hear calls to “live the Gospel,” and yet, nowhere in Scripture are we called to “live the Gospel.” Instead, we are told to believe the Gospel and obey the Law, receiving God’s favor from the one and God’s guidance from the other. The Gospel–or Good News–is not that God will help us achieve his favor with his help, but that someone else lived the Law in our place and fulfilled all righteousness.

Read the entirety of Horton’s article The Law & The Gospel to see other ways we often confuse these categories and the importance of getting the Law / Gospel distinctions right.

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December 5, 2009

Jesus is the True Israel

Martin Downes concludes his thoughts on Matthew 2:

He [Matthew] is saying that Jesus, God’s Son, is Israel, the true Israel. And that Jesus will retrace Israel’s steps. They went down to Egypt and so will He. They were tested in the wilderness and so will He be (Matt. 4:1-11). But where the nation of Israel failed, Jesus the true Israel, the obedient Son, will prevail. This is the biblical background to the doctrine of the active obedience of Christ. He was born under the law to redeem those who were under the law. Whereas Adam and Israel were law-breakers, Christ was the true law-keeper and this not for His own sake but for ours.

Read all of Downes’ The Great Escape: Matthew 2 as the Remake of a Classic Story.

HT: The Heidelblog

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