Theological Term of the Week: Third Use of the Law
Friday, July 31, 2020 at 3:30AM
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third use of the law 
The use of the law’s moral standards as a guide to God’s will for the believer’s conduct; the use of the law as a “sure rule and standard of a godly life and walk.”1 (There is a bit of disagreement over the legitimacy of the third use of the law. The quotes and links included below reflect this.)

Learn more:

  1. John Warwick Montgomery: The Third Use of the Law
  2. Kevin DeYoung: The Third and Principle Use
  3. Nicholas Batzig: The Third Use of the Law and the Finished Work of Christ
  4. John Calvin: How Do Believers Have Need of the Law —The Third and Principle Use 

Related terms: 

1From The Third Use of the Law in the Formula of Concord.

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