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Q 27: How should believers proclaim the Law of God to nonbelievers?
A 27: Believers proclaim the Law of God as a prelude or precondition for the proclamation of the Gospel. (Matt. 19.16-22; Rom. 3.19-31)
Christians understand that the Law of God is not the way to salvation, either for individuals or nations. They do not teach and work for the implementation of God’s Law in civil statutes in the belief that by so doing they will bring salvation to their nation.
Rather, as people live by the Law of God, their hearts – where the works of the Law have been written by God – are shaped and reminded of the way of righteousness, and they are able to recognize sin and of its presence in their lives. Further, they are given the opportunity of knowing the grace of God which comes to them even apart from faith in Him, as He protects and blessings them by the restraining power of the Law. Thus they may be better prepared for the preaching of the Gospel, and to embrace Jesus Christ and His righteousness as their only true hope.
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