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Even more difficult is the question, how is a believer is to use the Law in their walk with Jesus? We often use the Law as a means of living a life pleasing to God. We use it as an instrument to achieve that end. So, we often surround ourselves (as well as others) with commands from the Bible, along with church legislations (agreed regulations under the Spirit of God), and inward Spirit-guided directives. By surrounding ourselves with Godly directives and encouraging each other in the task of obedience, we believe we will be slowly changed into the image of Christ - we will live a life well-pleasing to God. Thus we believe sanctification (the progressive realisation of what we are in Christ) proceeds through obedience to the Law. How true is this? Is the Law the means of promoting godly living in the Christian life? How true is the chorus, "trust and obey for there's no other way to be happy with Jesus, but to trust and obey"? Does obedience stand beside faith?
The following essays examine these questions. Some studies source articles produced by the late Bruce Smith.
Essays on Christian ethics
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