Galatians 2: 16 Yet we know that a person is made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ, not by obeying the law. And we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made right with God because of our faith in Christ, not because we have obeyed the law. For no one will ever be made right with God by obeying the law.” 17 But suppose we seek to be made right with God through faith in Christ and then we are found guilty because we have abandoned the law. Would that mean Christ has led us into sin? Absolutely not! 18 Rather, I am a sinner if I rebuild the old system of law I already tore down. 19 For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me. So I died to the law—I stopped trying to meet all its requirements—so that I might live for God. 20 My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.

this is one of the reasons I get so annoyed with paul...
the way that he states things.. gives many people who are not really trying to live a changed life.. the freedom to remain in sin and think it is all right with God... and that is not the truth.... Jesus said that he has not come to destroy the law.. but to fulfill it... his saying that means that while we will mess up and be covered by his grace and blood and still forgiven... it is not all right to live any type of way and think God is going along with it....

yet for me.. that is how paul makes things sound.. as if the law is no longer valid...
really... most of us would not attempt to think we could kill someone and imagine we could get away with it.. surely we recognize that we would have to pay the consequence of our actions in the world.. and in the spirit also...

so why would we imagine that the other sins are any different?.. if there are consequences of our action in this world.. surely we should see that there will still be consequences of our actions in the spirit... yet like any parent who has to bring judgement on our child for wrong behavior.. we still love them despite it... but we expect them to strive to stay away from wrong doing... and I think that is just what God is saying to us... He expects us to do better.. and He will give us the desire to do so.. and the help to stand up against sinful ways if we seek it... but he still loves us even when we mess up and He has to bring down the consequences of our actions...

we should be doing right in our life.. not so much because it is is the law... but moreso because we love God and we are so thankful for His great love and sacrifice for us...