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Law shuts us out from God.

Grace bids us draw nigh to God.

Law bids us consider ourselves.

Grace bids us to consider God.

Law bids us know we can do nothing for ourselves.

Grace bids us to behold what God can and is willing to do for us.

Under law we are taken up with self.

Under grace we are taken up with God.

Under law we find out what we are – sinful, unrighteous, lost.

Under grace we discover what God is – full of mercy and saving love.

Law is contained in a word of two letters – DO.

Grace is expressed in four letters – DONE.

Under law we are always doing and never done. We never accomplish, we never meet the demand made of us, we never can begin even the slightest hint of satisfaction, we have no place of rest, there is not a moment in which we are secure.

Under grace all is done, the work has been done for us, it is completely and perfectly finished. There is nothing for us to do but to rest in the finished work.

Law tells us to fear.

Grace bids us hope.

Law puts under condemnation and demands the penalty without mercy.

Grace brings salvation.

The Law came by Moses.

Grace and Truth by Jesus Christ.

 “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us… That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life” ~Titus 3:5, 7~

Excerpt from The Tabernacle Priesthood and Offerings by I. M. Haldeman, D.D.