Law/Gospel Distinction Is Life-Changing

Hi, this is Justin.

Today on Theocast, we are going to have a conversation about the distinction between the law and the gospel.

And I recently was sitting with a group of pastors, and we were all talking together about how coming to this understanding about the law and the gospel has been as important as anything that we have ever come to

understand biblically and theologically for our lives, just as husbands, as dads, and certainly as pastors.

We were talking about how Martin Luther said that anyone who can rightly distinguish between the law and the gospel is a doctor of theology, and how Charles Spurgeon said effectively the same thing: anybody who can distinguish between these

two things is a master of divinity.

So, this is a really important thing for Christians to come to see in the scriptures.

It is quite literally a life-changing theme.

And so, this conversation today, we hope, will help you come to a better and more clear understanding of the distinction between the law and the gospel.

Stay tuned.

Prayer.

Before I say anything else, some of you either are intrigued about what I'm going to say or you already feel ashamed, knowing that what I'm about to say is probably going to guilt you and shame you into praying

more.

The exact opposite.

I would like to do a class for the Theocast community where at the end of the class, you have the joy of Christ in your heart, which is causing you to see prayer in a whole new light versus

prayer being something you wake up every day realizing, I'm a failure.

This is why all this happens in my life.

My life is a disaster because I don't know how to pray.

The exact opposite.

God gave prayer as a means of grace, of hope, and joy.