Hey Ashley, thanks for your writeup. I found myself asking curious when you said "the old law doesn't apply to us," and how that causes people to discount the Old Testament in it's entirety. I agree with you on your point, but I've never really spent time contemplating the juxtaposition of what Jesus says and what Paul says. Jesus explains that he did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it and not remove a single letter. This would make me think that we still need to live according to the law, as Jesus did in his life. However, Paul explains that the law is no longer a master to us, for it leads to death, whereas faith in Jesus and receiving the Holy Spirit leads to life. He then explains how in this freedom, we are to use to to become slaves to Christ and live godly lives. So is Jesus and Paul both saying the same thing? That in Jesus fulfilling the law, we no longer need to, and yet we should still live according to it's principles by our own free will?