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The Old Testament law correctly understood is a treasure of benefit, leading us to an understanding of the character and perfection of God. This leads to two things. 1) A profound sense of personal and corporate sin and sadness because of it. We do not fear this as we have come to see that an awareness of our sin and at the same time of the grace and mercy of God leads to freedom from it. We recognize the work of the Holy Spirit in convicting of sin and the danger of our limited judgements. 2) We see in the law a description of foundations for the Kingdom of God, a time when the divine decrees are willingly followed, when a hunger for right living and knowledge of God is common and deeply satisfying, when personal autonomy is replaced by real freedom. While we are against all forms of legalism as man-made attempts to modify behaviour, we are fully committed to the reign of Christ and the rule of His law over us. The holiness of God is our hope: the coming Kingdom is a kingdom of perfection and completion.