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Not Equal.

It is an old proverb that the legs of the lame are not equal. That is what makes men limp. It throws them out of balance. That is what a limping theology often does. Here is an instance of it: In a recent letter a good soul tells us that he does not want the paper any longer and then assures us that we should open our eyes and see that law is abolished since the time of our beloved Saviour; we live under grace, not law, from God for free and full salvation. But in the very next sentence he states that we can keep the old Jewish day and go to hell with it, and then pleads, "Turn ye, turn ye, O sinner! for why will ye die? And then get sinners saved!" Now this brother does not know how utterly inconsistent his plea is, but we hope that he and others will stop to consider for just a moment. What is sin? The Bible answers, "Sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4. What law? Paul answers, "Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Rom. 7:7. What law is it that says, "Thou shalt not covet"? It is the law of Ten Commandments, or the Decalogue, Ex. 20:1-17. If the law were abolished, would we still be sinners? "By the law is the knowledge of sin." Rom. 3:20. "For where no law is, there is no transgression." Rom. 4:15. Now if there has been no law since the death of Christ, there certainly have been no sinners since the death of Christ; consequently man needs no Saviour, and Christ died in vain. It is to such awful conclusions as this that the no-law theory drives men. On the other hand the Bible truth is that while the law does not save us, it shows us our sin. Christ saves from that sin by enabling us to keep His law. We are under the law, condemned by the law, as sinners; we have the law in our hearts as saved men and women. We are in perfect harmony with all His precepts, and "the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit."