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Lawless and Disobedient

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Lawless and Disobedient Paul describes three pillars of love: a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. Without this foundation, a Christian will swerve away into worthlessless, characterized by doctrine that rejects Christ , treasuring instead myths and endless genealogies. A leader or teacher who has swerved from the foundations of love will not understand the lawful use of the very law they desire to teach. The utterly unlawful way of using the law is to consider it a path to justification. The most fundamental purpose of law is not to guide good people, but to convict bad people of their sin . "The law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of t