"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Matthew 5:17-18

It is not uncommon to hear Christians say, “We’re not under the Law.’ And that is partly but not completely true. Christians are not bound to live by either the Jewish ceremonial or ancient civil law. Why? Jesus fulfilled all the ceremonial law, and we do not live under ancient Israel’s civil law. But the moral aspect of the Law is every bit as binding on Christians as it was on Israel.

We do not live by the moral law for salvation, because we can’t—at least not perfectly. We live by God’s moral law out of gratitude to Jesus for living it perfectly for us.

What Christians are absolutely free from regarding the law is condemnation. Why? Because Christ kept the law perfectly for us and because in Him “There is therefore now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus...” (Romans 8:1).

So live lawfully, but not to be saved. Live lawfully because in Christ, you are saved!