The Law of Christ

What does it mean to "serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter"? What is the Christian's relationship to the Law of Moses? What is the "Law of Christ"? How do love and law relate to each other? Are the Old Testament commandments still relevant in the Christian life? What does it mean to be "free from the Law"? How does love "fulfill the whole law"? These and many other questions are considered in The Law of Christ.

Too often, Christians have looked to something other than Christ as their supreme standard of life. They have centered their lives around a "list of rules" instead of His "new commandment" to love. Without understanding that the purpose of all Christian instruction is love, too often they have valued biblical knowledge, the ability to preach, "ministry," and "gifts" above the only truly important thing in the Christian life. However, according to the New Testament, love is the fulfillment of "all the law," and no amount of sacrifice, knowledge, or even faith means anything apart from it. The purpose of this book is to direct believers toward their perfect Savior and standard, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is Himself incarnate love, and the only one who can enable them in any measure to love as He loved.

"Questions about the relationship between believers and the law of God continue to perplex Bible scholars and devout Christians alike. Charles Leiter demonstrates being well-informed, both in relevant biblical scholarship and theological matters, in this useful and clearly written study. Unlike many other approaches to the topic, he gains insights from the laws of the Old Testament with Christ's words in the Sermon on the Mount, and discussions about the law in the Pauline epistles. The result is truly a biblical theology of the law, which I highly recommend to pastors and other students of Scripture." Stephen Westerholm, McMaster University, Author of Israel's Law and the Church's Faith: Paul and His Recent Interpreters.

"It is a wonderful and rare blessing for me to recommend a book that not only honors the Scriptures, but has also been used by God as an instrument of transformation in my own life. Therefore, with great joy, I recommend this book to you." Paul Washer, HeartCry Missionary Society