Law and Gospel


For the law was given through Moses (John 1:17). The Law, we can find in the Bible (prescript/ prescription) 613. “Do 248” and “do not 365”. Hence, before the law was given to Moses, there was transgressions. It says; “for sin indeed was in the world before the law given, but sin is not counted where there is no law” (Romans 5: 13).
The distinction between law and gospel is best known in the understanding of salvation or justification and how the law and gospel function in the life of the believer. The law is the will of God being known by all the natural law and in written laws or commandments like the Mosaic Law. But after the fall, the law has become a word of judgment and wrath because humanity has become incapable of fulfilling God’s will. The law is like a mirror it shows your sin. So the law reveals sin and condemnation. In order to liberate humanity from the curse of the law, the Gospel, which is God’s Word that has the message of salvation, is proclaimed and grace is given without any works or merits whatsoever. The Gospel is not a new commandment that replaces the law because although a person is justified the law is not entirely left behind. The justified person is still is a sinner and one needs the law to remind a person of his/her sinful nature. Both law and gospel still work in us believers, “The law is the Word of Moses to us, while the Gospel is the Word of God into us.”

The law is, to show the sinfulness of people and convict them of sin. While the law helps preserve peace in the world because of the imposition of civil laws upon the wicked, however, it has no capacity to make people truly and willingly righteous. The law is not the means of salvation. It is only through faith that people are saved or justified as righteous through the proclamation of the Gospel. Faith comes only through God’s word or Gospel. While the law condemns and punishes the wicked, the Gospel acquits and redeems the sinner. The Law prepares the way for the preaching and teaching of the Gospel.

By: Victor Aung Thu Lin

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