More thoughts on the 'good life'...

The Bible is clear and says that the Law was given to reveal sin, without the Law sin would not be revealed; Romans 3: 20 says that 'through the Law comes the knowledge of sin'; Romans 5: 20 says the 'Law came in that the transgression might increase'; Romans 7: 7 says that 'I would not have come to know sin except through the Law'.

The Law was based on a set of rules that required our performance.

Now I need to point out that the Bible is also clear when it says that 'by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified' (Romans 3: 20), and that 'the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ', why?..so 'that we may be justified by faith' (Galatians 3: 24) and 'where sin increased, grace abounded all the more' (Romans 5: 20). And then we come over into Hebrews 8: 13 and we find this that 'When He said, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete.'
There are so many scriptures that direct us away from Law and towards Grace.
Listen to what the Apostle Paul wrote to the Galatians in Galatians 3: 1 - 3, "You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly  portrayed as crucified? This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?'

Beloved, the Law is obsolete to you who are in Christ, the Bible is clear and anything else you may be told is a lie. The enemy, the devil, wants you to continue to focus on the Law because he wants to continually challenge you over your CONDITION before God.
Please hear me...Jesus wants you to see your POSITION, in Him.
'For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority; and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having cancelled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.' Colossians 2: 9 - 14

Can it be any clearer? We are IN HIM; He has SET US APART to Himself (circumcision); our body of flesh has been BURIED WITH HIM; we are RAISED WITH HIM through faith in the working of God (His work, not ours); He has made us ALIVE TOGETHER WITH HIM; He has CANCELLED OUR TRANSGRESSIONS; He has CANCELLED THE CERTIFICATE OF DEBT CONSISTING OF DECREES (what is this? This is the Law) and He has taken it out of the way because He nailed it to the cross.
Oh Hallelujah! The burden of sin is lifted, the accusation of the enemy is gone, we are IN HIM.

Now if we want a brief definition of Law and Grace these are mine...if it requires my input, if it is subject to my performance, if its outcome depends on me then it is Law; if it rests in the unmerited favour of God then it is Grace.

Last words...a question? Who wants the 'good life'? Hands up. My hand is up.
If we refuse to accept that abundant life does not include the 'good life' then we are saying that the good life depends on me. Anything less than total dependence on the Lord is Law.
Beloved, you can't alloy Law and Grace. Revelation 3, lukewarmness, is the alloying of Law and Grace.
Rest in Jesus for your everything for He is EVERYTHING.
Be like Mary and position yourself at His blessed feet. She reclined there for instruction, for comfort and for service and today that is where we need to be. Remember those feet at which Mary sat went on to be pierced by the malice of mankind and in that piercing He made the way for us to be restored. He has restored to us the Life that our first father so meekly surrendered to the enemy but will we receive?
Insisting that the abundant life of Jesus is something less than complete is saying there is still stuff that we need to do when Jesus has said 'It is finished', the work is done, salvation is procured, mankind is restored, sit here with Me at the right hand of My Father and receive the bounty of His endless, boundless, complete favour and blessing. This is the day of the Lord's favour, the day of Grace, the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

'See', Jesus says, 'I make all things new'...'And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." (Revelation 21: 5)