The NXR Podcast - February 13, 2023


DAILY TRUTH - Is There A Law⧸Gospel Hermeneutic In The Text Of Scripture？

Topics
law and gospel hermeneutic
Hosted by
Joel Webbon Harrison Smith Antonio Griffith Dale Partridge Wewsley Todd Calvin Robinson
Mentioned
Jesus Christ Joe Biden David Paul Abel
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In this episode, we discuss the role of the Good News and Bad News in our understanding of the Bible and how we can apply it to our lives. The Good News is in the words of the Apostle Paul: "The Word of God is good news, but it is also bad news."

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00:00:00 All right, listen, guys, I get it.
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00:00:41 Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the
00:00:46 mouth of God. You're listening to Daily Truth. I do believe that virtually every text in the Bible
00:00:54 can fall into one of those two major categories. This is an indicative, meaning it's the incentive,
00:01:00 the motive, the gospel motivation for obeying the commands of God. And this other text is
00:01:06 primarily falls underneath the banner of an imperative. It is a command from God. It's law.
00:01:12 Now, the disclaimer that I would add to that is that I don't believe that there is a good news,
00:01:18 bad news hermeneutic and scripture. I believe there is a law and gospel hermeneutic that's
00:01:24 not just rooted in the ears of the hearer. It's not just relative to the one who is receiving
00:01:29 God's message, but there actually is a hermeneutic of law and gospel in the text itself, in the Bible,
00:01:37 indicatives and imperatives, motives, commands, law or gospel and law. However, all that being
00:01:44 said, I wouldn't call it this good news slash bad news hermeneutic because for the one who is in
00:01:50 Christ, even the law is good news. It is good news. It's not entirely good news. The law of God
00:01:58 is bad news in the sense that no man will be saved by works as done unto the law, which is what the
00:02:04 apostle Paul says abundantly clearly in the book of Romans. So if you're looking at the law of God
00:02:11 as a way of justifying yourself before a thrice holy God.
00:02:15 If you're looking at the law of God
00:02:16 as a means of achieving your own salvation
00:02:20 by your own works, your own will, your own flesh,
00:02:23 then certainly the law of God is nothing but bad news.
00:02:27 The law of God condemns every single human being
00:02:30 before God's throne.
00:02:32 God is holy and each of us have fallen short of his glory.
00:02:37 All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
00:02:39 However, for the Christian, the one who has been born again and received perfect finished forgiveness on account of Christ Jesus, for the Christian, we are able to look at the law of God and not merely see condemnation, but rather knowing that through faith, not by works so that no man can boast, but by the gift of God, by grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone, we have received Christ's righteousness.
00:03:06 we've been clothed in Christ's righteousness and therefore the law no longer condemns us
00:03:11 there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus but the law as Connor just preached
00:03:17 a moment ago it guides us so we no longer look to the law in its first use and stand condemned
00:03:25 we do see the law as a mirror revealing our sin and our continual need for Christ and his
00:03:30 forgiveness. But we don't see in the law of God a reflection of us standing as condemned sinners
00:03:37 before a holy God. We know that we have been forgiven. We have been washed. We have been
00:03:42 reconciled to God by the blood of Christ's cross. And so for the Christian, we look to the law of
00:03:49 God as a reminder of how we've fallen short, but how Christ has bridged the gap. It's a reminder
00:03:56 of the beauty and the majesty of the gospel. It's a reminder of God's forgiveness. It's a reminder
00:04:03 of love, which covers a multitude of sins. And that's in its first use of the law of God. But
00:04:10 in its third use, the law of God is also a lamp unto our feet. It's a light unto our path. It's
00:04:16 a compass. It's a guide. It shows us the way in which we should walk. And therefore we can say,
00:04:22 as David says, I delight in the law of God. So I don't like the language of, you know, there's good
00:04:29 news and bad news. You know, part of the scripture is bad news, part of it's good news. No, for the
00:04:34 Christian, it's all good news. The law of God is something that the Christian delights in. It shows
00:04:40 us how to live in the world. It shows us how to walk through various trials, what decisions, what
00:04:47 wisdom we should apply in various situations. The law of God is good, holy, and righteous. And so
00:04:55 we rejoice in the law of God. So law gospel hermeneutic or imperative indicative hermeneutic,
00:05:03 not just rooted relative to the hearer, the person, but actually rooted in the text itself.
00:05:09 Yes, I would agree with that basic premise that there actually is a law gospel paradigm in the
00:05:16 text. But that is not, that should not be truncated into saying there is therefore a bad news, good
00:05:23 news hermeneutic in the text. Law gospel in the text, yes. But I would call that good news, good
00:05:30 news hermeneutic in the text. They're both good. The law of God is good. It is only truly bad news
00:05:37 for the person who does not have faith in Jesus. And that's one of the things that we're going to
00:05:41 see in our text today. So the first point is I want us to focus on the gospel. I want us to see
00:05:47 the voice of affirmation that we receive for those who are in Christ Jesus through faith. The blood
00:05:52 of Christ that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. But later we'll see as I've already began
00:05:57 to espouse we'll see that good news is in the ear of the hearer at least to an extent. At least to
00:06:05 an extent the person who is in Christ is able to hear certain truths of the scripture as good news 0.99
00:06:12 as good news whereas the unbeliever who presently according to scripture stands underneath the just
00:06:20 wrath of God stands underneath God's condemnation by their continual rejection of God's son Jesus 0.98
00:06:26 Christ and his finished work for the elect that person the unbeliever is going to hear certain
00:06:32 things as bad news. They're going to be turned off by certain things, whereas the Christian 0.97
00:06:37 is able to look at those same truths and rejoice. The Christian is able to look at those same things 0.93
00:06:42 and rejoice. Can I be frank with you for just a second right here at the end? Look, some of you
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