Arguments against Grace.

        Many people would argue against the gospel of Grace by 

using scriptures such as the following: Matt 5:17, Rom 7:12, 

Matt 23:2-3  etc. There are many others but let me focus my 

explanation on these three:

Argument 1:  -   Did Jesus instead fulfill the law?

      According to Matt 5:17, Jesus said "do not think that I 

have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not 

come to abolish them but to fulfill them".  Now, if you read this 

statement literally, it seems as though Jesus was telling us to 

follow the law which is not the case. Jesus was not saying 

that we should fulfill the law. First of all, what He meant was 

that He came to fulfill the law by Himself. Jesus did not say "I 

have come for you and I to fulfill the law". Instead, He was 

saying "I have come for I to fulfill the law"; which He did. 

Secondly, God gave the law in order to show us our 

mistakes(sin issues), not to correct our mistakes. The law had 

so many do's and don'ts(about 613) which no man could ever 

follow. The fact is that the law had to be fulfilled(see Lk 

22:44). Because the law couldn't be fulfilled by any man, 

Jesus(God the son) came to fulfill the requirements of the law 

and then gave us Grace in place of the law. Therefore, we are 

no longer under the law but under Grace(see Rom 6:14).  

       So tell me, if Jesus has already fulfilled the law, why are 

we still trying to fulfill the law? If we are still following God's 

laws, what we are saying is that Jesus failed in fulfilling the 

law and therefore, we need to do everything in our power to 

accomplish it. What we are saying is that Jesus failed in His 

mission. The only way we can commune in fellowship with our

heavenly father and have dominion over the earth is to rely on 

His Grace, not to rely on His law(which is already fulfilled). 

Therefore, we are no longer under the law but we are under 

the Grace of God. 

                    * Jesus = Grace & Holy Spirit = Jesus everywhere
                                            Therefore, Jesus = Grace = Holy spirit  *               

            As a born again christian, your guide is no longer the 

law. Your guide is now the Holy Spirit. Someone would ask "if 

the Holy Spirit(Grace) still guides you to do the good things 

required by the law, what then is the difference between the 

law and the Holy Spirit(grace)? That is a very good question 

and now, let me answer that: the difference is that when you 

disobey any of God's laws(i.e by mistake or not), you would 

be punished(hell) by law and condemned; but if you disobey 

the Holy Spirit(Grace/Jesus), you would not be punished and 

condemned. Instead, you would be easily forgiven because 

Jesus(God the son) is full of love. Now, have I said we should 

purposely disobey the Holy Spirit because we know Jesus 

has already forgiven all of our sins? Have I said we are free to 

do bad things because Jesus(Holy Spirit) will forgive us after 

all? No! The Holy Spirit(Jesus' Spirit) empowers us to do 

good but in case we do something bad, forgiveness is already 

made available because Jesus' blood washed away our past, 

present and future sins(evidence in Jn 1:29). So, what we 

need to understand here is that the law is very strict and 

condemning but grace(Jesus or Holy Spirit) is more lenient 

and understanding.  



Argument 2:  -  Is the law holy?

           According to Rom 7:12, Paul said "so the law is holy, 

and the commandment is holy and righteous and good". Now, 

at this point many folks will begin to argue that Paul has told 

us to follow God's law because it is holy. The question is "why 

would Paul tell us in Rom 10:4 that Christ is the end of the 

law, but he is now telling us that the law is holy and righteous 

and good"? Isn't there a discrepancy in his explanation? 

Permit me to make this crystal clear. The law itself is holy 

but does not make us holy. Apostle Paul is explaining to us 

that in as much as the law is holy, by itself, it does not make 

us holy. It is grace the makes us holy. Let me prove it to you. 

One verse further, the bible says "Did that which is good then 

bring death to me? By no means. It was sin, producing death 

in me through what is good…"(Rom 7:13).  This verse means 

that it was sin that brought death to us through what was 

good(the law). In other words, sin brought death to us 

through the law. So you see, even though the law is holy, it 

does not make us holy. Why? Because it is too perfect to be 

kept. In other words, we uphold the law(see Rom 3:31) 

because it is too perfect to be kept by any man besides God 

the son(Jesus). That is why we must rely instead on Grace.   

         Here is the question:  If the law doesn't make a man 

righteous, does it mean that there was no righteous man in 

the old testament? Permit me to answer that.  Folks in the 

Old testament were under the law but the law never made 

them righteous. Some of them could have been made 

righteous by God only because they asked God for 

forgiveness(which required animal sacrifices). Therefore, 

under the law, you must ask for forgiveness in order to be 

righteous(or make it to heaven) but under Grace, you don't 

need to ask for any forgiveness when you do something bad 

because Jesus' blood has already forgiven us, and we will 

make it to heaven regardless. However, I am not encouraging 

anyone to sin. We naturally avoid sin not because of God's 

law; but because of God's love, through His Grace. The thing 

is, in case we sin by accident, God has already forgiven us 

because of the blood of Christ. As you can see, folks in the 

old testament were suffering from condemnation(guilt from 

the law). They needed to do so much to get righteousness but 

today, all we need to do is to sincerely accept Christ's love 

and mercy(Grace). Period!

         The bottom line is that if you want to follow the law, 

then you need to follow all 613 of them. You can not follow 

some and tell God that you have tried. Nope! It doesn't work 

like that. God is the perfect God and therefore as a follower of 

the law, you must follow all 613 do's and dont's. The bible 

says "for the person who keeps all of the laws except one is 

as guilty as a person who has broken all of God's laws"

(James 2:10). In other words, if you go against one 

law, then you are guilty of all others. But guess what, there is 

a simple way out of all these. Quit following the law and follow 

only Grace(Jesus). Under Grace, the Holy Spirit would 

guide you on what to do. One of the reasons most of us still 

don't believe in this is because most of us still don't 

understand the power of the Holy Spirit. Until you sincerely 

submit your heart to Jesus, you wouldn't really understand the 

influence of the Holy Spirit in your life. Remember, the Holy 

Spirit in simple terms means "Jesus everywhere". So, if you 

sincerely believe in the power of Jesus, then you should 

believe in the power of the Holy Spirit.  


Argument 3:  -  Was Jesus for the law?

      Jesus said  "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit 

in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything 

they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not 

practice what they preach"(Matt 23:2-3). If Christ is the end of 

the law(as written in Rom 10:4), why then was He telling 

people to obey the teachers of the law and do everything they 

told people to do? Is Christ really for the law or against the 

law? 
     

        That is a very good question and here is the answer: 

Jesus had to fulfill the requirements of the law(as seen in Matt 

5:17). So He taught the law and followed the law. But during 

the last supper, He declared His accomplishments of the law 

by making a new covenant with God. This new covenant is 

called "Grace". So Jesus fulfilled the requirements of the law; 

then gave us Grace in place of the law.     


        In Mk 10:19, Jesus said "you know the commandments: 

you shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not 

steal, you shall not bear false witness, you shall not cheat, 

honor your father and mother". Why on earth would Jesus be 

talking about law when we are not supposed to be under the 

law anymore? First of all, we need to understand that Jesus 

was teaching within the boundaries of the law. When Jesus 

was teaching the law, He was referring to people under the 

law(those at the time); not to us who are now under His 

Grace. Jesus' teaching of the law implied that as people who 

were under the law, those were the things that they ought to 

be doing. The bible even says that everything that is said in 

the law is only for those who are/were under the law(see Rom 

3:19). Recall that Jesus Himself was under the law. This can 

be proven in the following scripture: "…God sent forth His son 

made of a woman, made under the law to redeem them that 

were under the law"(Gal 4:4-5). So you see, if Jesus was 

born under God's law, why wouldn't He teach His father's 

law? Please listen carefully: the Old covenant was not bad; on 

the contrary it was good but the people couldn't keep it; 

because they were too many(over 613). Therefore, Jesus had 

to fulfill all the requirements of the law because no one in the 

history of the law was able to fulfill it and then, He replaced 

this law by making a new covenant with God; symbolized by 

the last supper. This new covenant was Grace. 

             * ...Whatever the law says, it says to those under the law(Rom 3:19) *

     The law is the only covenant the people knew at the time. 

Now that we know of Grace, which is easier and more 

relieving, why are we going back to the law? Jesus fulfilled the 

law so that we could live freely under Grace(be led by the 

Holy Spirit). Why are we still trying to fulfill something(the law) 

which Jesus has already taken care of? 

     The bible says "…since the new covenant is established 

on better promises. For if there had been nothing wrong with 

that first covenant, no place would have been sought for 

another. But God found fault with His people saying 'the days 

are coming declares the Lord, when I will make a new 

covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of 

Judah' "(Heb 8:6-8). As you can see, this verse is explaining 

that God found something wrong with the law; the law(old 

covenant) couldn't be fulfilled by any regular human. Knowing 

this, God sent Jesus to fulfill this old covenant(the law) and 

make a new covenant(Grace) on behalf of the entire world. 

The question now is "why did the law have to be fulfilled"? 

Why did someone have to follow all the requirements of the 

law for it to be abolished"? Simple! Because God is a 

covenant keeping God. If God makes an agreement with you, 

He will keep it; God does not lie or break promises. Jesus 

said "...everything must be fulfilled that is written about 

me in the law of Moses..."(Lk 24:44). As you can see, Jesus 

clearly pointed out in this verse that the law had to be fulfilled.  

Someone had to fulfill this agreement(old covenant of law) 

before it could be replaced with Grace. And only Jesus could 

do so; which He did. Hallelujah!  

      Also, the reason Jesus was teaching the law to those who 

were under the law(everyone at the time) is because He didn't 

want to break the law(see Deut 4:2 & Deut 12:32); because 

He Himself was under the law. Jesus had to teach the law 

perfectly in order to fulfill its requirements.  

       Argument 4: - Jesus didn't specify anything against law 

      Another argument against this gospel of Grace is the fact 

that all through His ministry, Jesus was teaching the law and 

therefore, people think that is what we need to continue 

doing. As I said earlier, Jesus was teaching the law because 

everyone at the time was under the law and also, He had to 

fulfill God's law before replacing it with Grace.

     Now, the question is "all evidences against the law 

are found in books written only by Paul; not Jesus Himself. So 

how do we really know that all those scriptures for Grace are 

supported by Jesus today"? That is a very good question and 

I used to ask myself that as well. Recall that Paul the 

apostle(formerly known as Saul) was a former murderer 

personally called and chosen by Jesus Himself(read Acts 9:1-

31). Why would Jesus go all the way to pick a murderer to do 

His work? Why did Jesus not just appoint a non murderer or 

one of His believers? That, my friend, is a special calling. The 

bible says "but the Lord Jesus said to Ananias, 'go! this man 

is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the gentiles 

and their kings and to the people of Israel' "(Acts 9:15). As 

you can see, Jesus specifically chose Paul to spread His 

gospel of Grace to the world(and that is why more than two-

third of the new testament was written by Paul). So, in other 

words, Jesus wrote the gospel of Grace through Paul. Jesus' 

Spirit(the Holy Spirit) was with Paul and inspired him to write 

all these wonderful scriptures(good news) of Grace. 

Therefore, when Paul says "sin shall not have dominion over 

us for we are not under the law but under Grace"(Rom 6:14), 

we should know that this is coming from Jesus Himself. When  

Paul says "Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to 

everyone that believes"(Rom 10:4), we must know that this is 

definitely coming from Jesus else, Jesus probably won't have 

allowed such serious claims in the new testament scriptures.     

       By explaining and exemplifying the law, Jesus fulfilled a 

prophecy of the messiah. This prophecy can be found in Is 

42:21 which is: "the Lord is well pleased for His 

righteousness' sake; He will exalt the law and make it 

honorable". So, Jesus exalted the law by teaching and 

following it but He fulfilled it and had it replaced with Grace. If 

you further read this verse, the prophet Isaaih said "but this is 

a people robbed and plundered, all of them are snared in 

hole, and they are hidden in prison houses…"(Is 42:22).  

The words 'prison houses' here show that the law put the 

jews in serious bondage and captivity. But guess what? On 

the last supper with His disciples, Jesus made a new 

covenant with God(on behalf of the jews and everyone) to set 

us free from this prison; this bondage of the law. Hallelujah!!! 

So tell me. Isn't this Good news? This more like perfect news. 

Why is that? Because we didn't do anything to merit such a 

gift. O wow!     

*...for sin shall no longer be your master because 
                                                              you are not under the law but under grace*
                                                                                                                      Rom 6:14