Confessional Corner - Ap V 1-14 (5/17/21)

"We are to keep the Law when we have been justified by faith, and so grow in fulfilling the Law more and more by the Spirit. Furthermore, we are not talking about ceremonies, but about the Law that addresses the movements of the heart, namely, the Ten Commandments" (Ap V 3). Even at this point, "That Law always accuses us. It always shows that God is angry" (Ap V 7).

The veil of the Law is still spread over those who seek to hold both the Law and the Gospel as complementary and equal. Only when the Gospel is preached in its truth and purity is the veil taken away to see God's true teaching. Only when the Gospel is predominant in our preaching can we begin to fulfill God's most holy Law.