Dictionary of Bible Themes: 6661 freedom, and the law

6661 freedom, and the law

Dictionary of Bible Themes

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Jesus Christ sets his people free from the condemnation and oppression of the law. Through the Holy Spirit, believers are able to fulfil the law obediently according to God's intentions.

Jesus Christ sets believers free from the law

Jesus Christ's life of perfect obedience to the law was the fulfilment of it

Matthew 5:17 See also Galatians 4:4-5; 1 Peter 2:22

Jesus Christ's death fulfils the demands of the law

2 Corinthians 5:21 See also Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 9:11,26-28; Hebrews 10:11-14; 1 Peter 2:24; Peter 3:18

On account of Jesus Christ's death, believers can be righteous independently of the law

Romans 3:21-26 See also John 1:17; Romans 10:4; Philippians 3:9

Believers are set free from the law's condemnation

Galatians 3:21-25 See also Romans 6:1-14; Romans 7:1-6; Galatians 3:13; Galatians 4:5,21-31 The lives of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac are interpreted figuratively, to illustrate the believer's freedom from the law's condemnation; Galatians 5:1; Ephesians 2:14-15; Colossians 2:13-14

The freedom of believers rests on the power of the Holy Spirit

Romans 7:1-6; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 See also Romans 8:1-17; Galatians 5:16-18,22-26

The believer's freedom to obey the law voluntarily

Psalm 119:32 See also Psalm 37:31; Psalm 119:45,97; Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3; James 1:25; James 2:12