It must go back to the holy purpose of the law. Can we ignore the law of God? We will all be judged by the law. Our works must be found to be lawful. This is the problem with understanding grace...unless we understand that through grace we must fulfill the requirements of the law. Grace does not mean lawlessness. Unfortunately there are not many teachers that lead people the right way on this.
Romans 3:31 Do we, then,
nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather,
we uphold the law.
Do we really uphold the law by grace? Or do we set these against each other?
This is something that each of us must come to grips with in order to understand the purpose of salvation. If we don't reconcile grace with the law...over time...we may disqualify ourselves from the kingdom of God. We risk entering into iniquity. Look at all we do as Christians...in the name of the Lord...and look at the ones to whom Jesus said..
.I never knew you. Do we not also become convinced in ourselves that we can do things
for God all the while being so very human in our failings? Do we not begin to forsake the faith that leads to holiness in the place of a religious idea that we are saved in spite of our transgressions against the law? Should we not seek to be doing things IN God (and not religiously for God)?
All this is averted and remedied by going to the Lord to be empowered by His Spirit and walk in victory by grace through faith....the full grace and the full victory.
Know the Lord.
Seek His face and live. This message has never changed. It is the real purpose of the New Covenant that
HIS law be written on our hearts...and not a faulty understanding of grace imprinted on our carnal minds.
We must reconcile grace and the law to realize what we are being called to. Otherwise we are making up our own human religion that avoids responsibility for obedience to God.