For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above🙂 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; Romans 10:5-8

The Law and The Gospel, these are essential in our faith with Christ. Many Christians want to remove The Law from our existence, make no mention of it, however then why do you need to hear the gospel? Without The Law, why do you need Jesus? You can’t understand your wretchedness without The Law, you also can’t understand righteousness without The Law, as the Apostle Paul stated “The Law is our tutor to bring us to Christ “(Galatians 3:24)

God brought forth The Law through Moses “Moses describes the righteousness which is of The Law” However how do we obtain this righteousness? The Law is actually perfect and beautiful, but we can’t obtain it because we are depraved, therefore we hate The Law! “The man which does those things shall live by them” We try to live righteous by The Law but we fail miserably everyday, oh wretched sinner that I am (Romans 7:24)

“But the righteousness which is of faith speaks in this way” So righteousness is obtained by faith in Christ and not by The Law. We could never obtain righteousness of ourselves because we could never “Keep The Law” However as previously stated “Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to everyone who believes” (v4)

We are saved by grace through faith in Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9) This is how we can obtain righteousness by faith in Christ and not by The Law, because we are unable to Keep The Law. Whoever tries to obtain righteousness without Christ, will condemn themselves. “The word is near you in your heart and your mouth” We don’t just profess to be Christians, we need a new heart and a new mind, the Holy Spirit must live inside of us (Ezekiel 36, Jeremiah 33, John 3) We must be Born Again, The Law must be written on our hearts and minds

So we don’t just talk the talk , we also walk the walk, faith without works is dead (James 2) By grace through faith in Christ, Jesus makes us Born Again, so we can become the righteousness of God, (2 Corinthians 5:21) Amen