My friend, in the Old Testament the Jews were declared righteous by their faith in the promise to come. Their obedience was a testament to faith in the promise of God. In the New Testament we are made righteous by the fulfillment of the promise of God in giving us His Son.
Today, we have the reality of what was promised to Abraham; we have the life of the Son of God made available to all that would believe in Him. While before the cross, the life that was promised was not yet given, today we have the reality of the life of Christ living within us.
In the Old Testament, the Jews were made righteous by their obedience to the law of God. But while the law could not save them, the law was in place until the embodiment of the law could come. Thus by keeping the law they were demonstrating their faith in the promise of the coming Messiah.
Today we are no longer are we under the bondage of the law, but we are under the grace of Christ. This does not mean that we do not keep the law of God, it simply means that we are no longer under the governance of the law. Jesus is the manifestation of the law that was promised in the Old Testament. Today we are not under the governance of the law but we are under the governance of grace, which is Christ dwelling within our hearts.
My friend, the law is good but its purpose was fulfilled at the cross. Today we have the greater manifestation of the law in Jesus Christ. As He lives within our hearts, we are brought into harmony with the will of God. Jesus is the fulfillment of the promise of God saying "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them." (Ezekiel 36:26, 27).
To be under grace means to have the Spirit of Christ living within our hearts.
God bless,
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