Comments on: Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/08/08/excellency-of-the-gospel-above-the-law/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: C.V. https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/08/08/excellency-of-the-gospel-above-the-law/#comment-26339 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 18:56:32 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=14503#comment-26339 Thanks for a great post. My question is, what now is our relationship to the law? Since we live in a time where we can see the glory of Christ more clearly than under the old covenant, should we still look to the law as a guide to live thankful lives?

When I read passages like Romans 7, where it says that we are dead to the law so that we might be married to another, that is Christ, and also in Romans 7: 6 it says that we have been delivered from the law so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit, and not the oldness of the letter. It appears to me that God’s word is telling us to “walk in the Spirit” and to allow ourselves to be “led by the Spirit”, and that under the New Covenant, we are to look to the Holy Spirit living within us to guide us into obedience and holiness. This becomes especially clear when we continue reading into Romans 8. The bulk of this chapter is about walking in the Spirit since we are now dead to the law.

What is your take on these things?

]]> By: Bob Kuo https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/08/08/excellency-of-the-gospel-above-the-law/#comment-26335 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:47:55 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=14503#comment-26335 Dr. Murray,

I recently saw that someone has published one of Sibbes books with a similar title on Amazon called, “Glorious Freedom: The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law” for Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/Glorious-Freedom-Excellency-Gospel-ebook/dp/B00EBTCWBQ. Is this the same content?

Thanks,

Bob

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