The Law Is the Servant of Christ
I don’t think this what Paul means when he says in Romans 7:4 that we “die to the law so that we can belong to another, to Him who has been raised from the dead,” Jesus Christ. He didn’t mean: Die to the law so that you can belong to the one who can really help you to belong to the law. He was saying: The law is not the goal of history; Christ is the goal of history. The law is not the goal of your life; Christ is the goal of your life. Christ did not come into history to lead us to the law; the law came into history to lead us to Christ. The law is not the goal of Christ; Christ is the goal of the law.
Marriage is not for the sake of wedding vows; wedding vows are for the sake of marriage.
You don’t keep the commandments to love Jesus. Don’t reduce loving Jesus to keeping commandments. You keep commandments because you love Jesus.
Let everything in your life be for knowing and trusting Jesus better.
(JP)
