If sin is taken away, the wrath of God and His condemnation are also taken away. Let us practice this blessed conviction. “ The concept of God’s wrath being taken away is interesting and beautiful. This notion of Agape being practiced by God is important to me as a Christian because then I in turn seek to practice the same type of forgiveness in my life.Verse 18. “For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.” Paul’s reiteration of Grace and Mercy is especially pronounced in this passage. Paul is saying that he is not simply repackaging the law. He wants us to know that this is truly a new “covenant with Gods people. This is an all-encompassing love for all people that would believe in him. No string attached. Paul is saying that if he were to simply re-present the law that he would be wasting his time. He is also saying that he himself would be guilty of some sin if those were his intentions.Verse 19. “For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.” “Here Paul plays the Law against the Law, as if to say the Law of Moses condemns me; but I have another law, the law of grace and liberty which condemns the accusing Law of Moses. On first sight Paul seems to be advancing a strange and ugly heresy. He says, "I am dead to the law, that I might live unto God." The false apostles said the very opposite. They said, "If you do not live to the law, you are dead unto God." Paul imparts upon his readers the importance of being fully committed to this covenant by going so far as to “die” to the law. He wants Christians to view the law as a prison of old. His writing would indicate that if followers of Christ leave the old covenant in the past and embrace the new system of justification implemented by Christ, the will experience a new level of freedom. Verse 20. “I am crucified with Christ.” Paul is saying that ...
