How differently do law and grace work! The law say “Stone the sinner;” grace says, “Forgive him.” When Moses was in Egypt to punish Pharaoh, he turned the waters into blood. When Christ was on earth, He turned the water into wine. That is the difference between law and grace. Law makes us crooked; grace straightens us. The law makes us vile; grace cleanses us.
When the law came out of Horeb, 3,000 men were lost. At Pentecost, under grace, 3,000 men got life. What a difference! When Moses came up to the burning bush, he was commanded to take the shoes off from his feet. When the prodigal came home after sinning, he was a given a pair of shoes to put on his feet. I would a thousand times rather be under grace than under the law.—MOODY.
