August 18, 2025 – Law And Grace

Law And Grace

August 18, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Luke 10:25, 26
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     Loopholes, excuses, escapes, and trying to find a way out of things seem to consume the minds of many people. They spend all their time trying to find a way around the rules instead of obeying them and then using that extra time for enjoyment, learning, rest, and making things better for themselves and those around them. What a waste of talent and time.

 

     The verses today speak of a person called a lawyer, which means a student of the Mosaic Law, also known as a scribe. He is asking what it is I can do to inherit eternal life. For the average person, this would be a very good question. They may have never had the opportunity to read or hear God’s Word and find out the answer to this question before. However, the lawyer, as he was called, had already studied the law. He already knew the correct answer. Nevertheless, he asked the question anyway. Why? It was an attempt to get Jesus to trip up and fail in His answer. Jesus answered him with another question, “How do YOU read the law?”

 

     Today, many people have thrown out the law, saying, “We are living in a day of grace.” That is only partially true. By teaching only grace, we are teaching that the Law of God has no effect. However, the New Testament says the law shows us we are sinners and brings us to the cross. In Galatians 3:24, 25, Paul called the law our “schoolmaster.” Once we have Jesus in our hearts, we do not need a schoolmaster, as we have the law living in us. Our desire then is to be obedient to God’s Word. The law is still needed today to shine a light on sin. Jesus did not dismiss the law. He asked, “How do YOU read it?” He might have asked us the same question today. How do YOU read it? Or have you read it?

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

     We must continue to see the law as a tool God has given and the boundaries He has set. Praise God, we are saved by grace through faith and are no longer under the law but under grace. Yet not being under the law does not dismiss the law. Thank God for it, as it still convicts man’s heart of sin.

 

How do you reconcile God’s Law and God’s Grace?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself what MY THOUGHTS are concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: August 18, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(O.T.-1,   N.T. & PS.-2,   Prov. – Monthly)}
Isaiah 11-13 / Psalm 44:1-8
Proverbs 18 / Luke 10

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Psa. 69-72  /  Rom. 10