A Verse On Sunday

The Gospel according to John chapter 1, verse 17.
'For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."

This verse sums up what has already been written. Indeed, it more or less sums up the whole Gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ.
The law was given by Moses, the Law of God, the Law of Love. This great gift lifted mankind out of the rut of superstition and fear, of subservience to kings and idols.
Though following the Law was no guarantee of an easy life, it was clear that blessings flowed to those who honoured God, kept the Sabbath, refrained from greed, slander and so on. The Jews of today will tell you as much.
With the law of God there is no need for a king. God's law trumps all others, much to the annoyance of bureaucracies and tyrants through the ages.
Those who obey the Law have no need to fear the random anger of a king or a nature god, or the displeasure of an idol created from mankind's imagination.
But the Law also condemns us in the eyes of the one perfect Living God. Our sin is only wiped clean by the sacrifice of our Lord, the Lamb of God. This is the grace divine, wondrous and kind, of our God.
And through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the fullness of God's great love, and his purpose is revealed to us; for us to know his Truth, his perfection, his holiness.