Through the Glory of God We Abide by the Law

Who is responsible for abiding by the law of the land? We are all.

“²²…For there is no distinction: ²³for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” – Romans 3:22b-23 (ESV)

We are all the same in the eyes of God and have all failed as sinners. What makes the difference is our acceptance of the glory of God and the salvation He gave through the death and resurrection of Jesus.

“²⁴and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” – Romans 3:24 (ESV)

Now how does all of this translate into the abiding by the law? I see it this way. As we have accepted the redemption through salvation, we are tasked with following God. We have been elevated to heirs of God through our faith in Him. God is perfect and therefore does not do those things that are outside of that perfection. As heirs, we should be striving for perfection, and where we will never reach that point, we are to continue to strive for it anyway.

Our faith in God gives us the wisdom to do His will and as He is perfect, then His will is perfect. His will drives us to abiding by Him. When we abide by Him, that gives us no reason or time to do things that are outside of Him. Therefore, when staying inside Him, we are not thinking about breaking the law, only doing his will.

“³¹Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.” – Romans 3:31 (ESV)

You see here Paul point out that we may have thoughts to take over and force others to do our will and follow Christ. But, that is not our role. We are to bring the gift of salvation to all and allow them the opportunity to accept that gift and the glory of God. For those that accept, they will join us in following God and will therefore abide in Him and uphold the law. For those that do not accept, they will continue down the same path they are on and will go against the law.

It is with the glory of God that we are brought to the point of upholding the law. We are only to do the will of God and that will keeps us moving in the direction of bringing continued glory to Him.

What are you thoughts on the upholding of the law? Are you responsible for doing so? What if we did not really look to the law and instead looked to bring glory to God, where would we be in accordance to the law?