{"id":4291,"date":"2014-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/we-know-that-the-law-is-good-when-used-correctly-1-timothy-18-nlt\/"},"modified":"2014-10-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T00:00:00","slug":"we-know-that-the-law-is-good-when-used-correctly-1-timothy-18-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/we-know-that-the-law-is-good-when-used-correctly-1-timothy-18-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We know that the law is good when used correctly&#8221; (1 Timothy 1:8 NLT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul taught Timothy the importance of guarding the gospel against those who would misuse the law, claiming its necessity for salvation. Human effort at law-keeping does not save, only believing the gospel saves. Those that teach law-keeping as a means of salvation are not using the law &#8220;correctly.&#8221; Yet, the law is not useless when used rightly. In fact, there are at least three right uses of the Law: \u2028The Law is to&#8230; (3 \u201cR\u201ds &#8211; Gal. 3:19-26) \u20281. Restrain our sinful behavior (Like a guard rail).\u20282. Reflect our guilt (Like a mirror).\u20283. Reveal God\u2019s righteous way (Like a teacher).\u2028The law is useful when &#8220;used correctly,&#8221; but only faith in Christ saves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul taught Timothy the importance of guarding the gospel against those who would misuse the law, claiming its necessity for salvation. Human effort at law-keeping does not save, only believing the gospel saves. Those that teach law-keeping as a means of salvation are not using the law &#8220;correctly.&#8221; Yet, the law is not useless when used rightly. In fact, there are at least three right uses of the Law: \u2028The Law is to&#8230; (3 \u201cR\u201ds &#8211; Gal. 3:19-26) \u20281. Restrain our sinful behavior (Like a guard rail).\u20282. Reflect our guilt (Like a mirror).\u20283. Reveal God\u2019s righteous way (Like a teacher).\u2028The law is useful when &#8220;used correctly,&#8221; but only faith in Christ saves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1321],"scripture-chapter":[1334],"oyb_day":[1816],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4291","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-1-timothy","scripture-chapter-1334","oyb_day-october-16"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}