Third Use of the Law
Rule of Gratitude
Law and Gospel · 6 verses
Believers obey the law not from servile fear of condemnation but from filial gratitude for redemption. This evangelical obedience springs from love rather than compulsion, from thankfulness rather than terror. The law's requirements remain unchanged, but the believer's relationship to those requirements has been radically transformed. What was once an impossible burden becomes a delightful path, not because the law has altered but because the heart has been renewed.
Scripture References
“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:”
“And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.”
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.”