Theocast
Intro to Law and Gospel Distinction
May 25, 2022
Summary
In this first of three episodes on God's law, Jon and Justin talk about the distinction between the law and the gospel. The law and the gospel are both contained in the Old and New Testaments, respectively. The law and the gospel are distinct and ought not be mixed--and, yet, they are complementary in God's economy of salvation. The guys introduce the listener to this historically Reformed doctrine and consider why it is so important.
Topics
- Episode focus: Intro to Law and Gospel Distinction
- In this first of three episodes on God's law, Jon and Justin talk about the distinction between the law and the gospel
- The law and the gospel are both contained in the Old and New Testaments, respectively
- The law and the gospel are distinct and ought not be mixed--and, yet, they are complementary in God's economy of salvation
- The guys introduce the listener to this historically Reformed doctrine and consider why it is so important
Transcript
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Hi, this is Justin.
Today on Theocast, we are recording the first of three back-to-back episodes on the law of God.
And in this first episode, we're going to talk about something called the Law and Gospel distinction.
For some of you, you may have never heard of that theological concept.
So, this episode is for you today.
Even if you've heard it before, we hope this episode is helpful and clarifying for you.
We're going to talk about the distinction between the law and the gospel, how they are not the same thing, but are yet complementary of one another, and how they work in God's economy of salvation.
And we're going to talk about why this distinction is so important.
So, stay tuned.
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Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ: conversations about the Christian life from a confessional, reformed, and pastoral perspective.
Your hosts today are John Moffat, who is pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee, and I'm Justin Perdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.
We have met today, John, to do a little double dip.
This is not our norm.
We're packaging two episodes together today, and we're going to do a third one we think next week that's also related.
So I'm just going to go ahead and let you tell the people because we're going to get right to this.
We're going to be super efficient.
Tell the people what we're talking about.
