Christ is the Motivation, the Holy Spirit is the Power, and His Law the Direction

The church so desperately needs clarity today on teaching on the law of God. So many pitfalls to fall into, so much error.

With lack of clarity, there is a lack of understanding, and ultimately lack of love for God and for our neighbor. 

One area where clarity would help us greatly is in understanding the mechanics of obedience. By this, I mean the motivation for obedience, the power to obedience and the direction of obedience.

It is great error and perhaps even heresy to confuse these. For instance, if the law is our motivation, we may become Pharisees in our faith. Or, if we believe we can obey on our own power, self-righteousness is a danger, and so on.

So, let's quickly consider all three of the above.