A mature response to this long concealed culture of sexual predation involves three points that faith in Jesus makes possible: a demand for justice, an urge for grace, and an acknowledgment that the problem is not just “out there” but in our own hearts.
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“It is No Longer I That Live, But Christ Lives in Me”
To put one’s faith in Christ necessarily involves a total reorientation of one’s life towards God and righteousness and not simply an adding of Christ to one’s previous way of life. The Law, rather than being a means of obtaining righteousness, had the goal of leading us to the end of ourselves in our pursuit of righteousness and to our single-minded focus on God’s grace in Christ as the means of righteousness.
Bite-Sized Exegesis 