Idolatry is at the heart of a life that looks to the law instead of the gospel. The law, or any sort of law, attaches us to rules that have a deeper meaning in that laws are designed to arrange our hearts for affection, worship and love. To add laws is to add false worship to the Christian life. These rules are managing for other outcomes than that which God would choose for us.

We are no longer under the custody of the law but we are children of God heirs according to the promise of scripture.

We do not grow in our faith by obeying laws, but by believing the gospel.