We believe in and uphold Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) and Tota Scriptura (All of Scripture). Every single Book of the Bible is equally God-breathed, and thus equally and fully inerrant and authoritative. We need the whole Counsel of God, not just part of it, if we are to be fully equipped for our faith and life. We need all Scripture – all 66 Books, Old Testament and New Testament – because “ A ll Scripture is breathed out by God” (2 Timothy 3:16). But, this being so, how are we to understand the place of the Law of God in the life of faith? Many are under the impression – wrongly – that the Law was given to the Old Testament people of God as a means of salvation; that Old Testament saints were saved by Law-keeping. This is basically the position, for example, of classical Dispensationalism. The original 1917 Scofield Reference Bible note on John 1:17 states: “Grace… is… constantly set in contrast to law, under which God demands righteousness from man, as, under g...