the demand of God in the call for holy living. Misunderstanding Paul and the law leads to distortions of one or both. From the beginning, even in Paul’s day, his teaching on the law has raised hackles on one of two fronts. People think either that the free gift of salvation has been compromised, or a solid basis for the demand of God for obedience and a holy life has been removed. If justification is not by works of the law, does that not lead to licence? If one removes the law, is the result not