Peter and Paul both described being under the law as bondage, but David describes the law as honey and sweet. Can you reconcile these?
Oh yes, quite so. One needn't deny that. And modernists who have called attention to it are right. The law that God laid down is a delightful way of doing things, is it not? Paul says, 'I agree with the law, that it is good' (Romans 7:16); '[It] is holy and righteous and good' (Romans 7:12); 'I delight in the law of God, in my inner being' (Romans 7:22). Witness the Old Testament: multitudes of Jews just broke the law, but even the godly, who rejoiced in the law, still sinned. Then how did they find salvation? Listen to Daniel confessing his sins, listen to David confessing his sins, watch Moses lose his temper and strike the rock; the law giver himself, and as a consequence, was not allowed to lead Israel into Canaan. He'll be in heaven of course: it didn't affect his salvation. But then it became a bondage, a slavery.
