Nevertheless, it is important to maintain the distinction between the moral law as a rule and the moral law as a covenant. If one fulfills the moral law as a covenant on your behalf, the moral law does not thereby cease to be the only rule of righteousness. That is to say, even if the covenant is fulfilled for you by another, the law remains binding to you as the only rule of life.16 This distinction is very important for the section on man in a state of redemption. The key takeaway here is that man is bound to obey the moral law regardless of his covenantal status before God, for obeying the
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