Luther was in mid-fall while he was beating on Paul at this second point: “The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life” (2 Cor. 3:6). What is Scripture saying, or better, doing, to you? It is imprisoning all your “things” under the power of sin (Gal. 3:22a and Rom. 11:32a). The law does not make alive; law is not the goal nor is law the guide to righteousness before God. Law condemns you as guilty even with your best parts. No one is perfect as God is perfect,
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