Ps 9 3 My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.4 For you have upheld my right and my cause;  We do not live in a pragmatic world. Pragmatism is adding rules to the simple law of God. God decided to free the slaves by being just in pronouncing life and death. The pronouncements of the law have become the final judgement on all opposition. Christ fulfilled the requirements of the law by becoming a curse for us. There is no other means by which we can be delivered. Eternal salvation is Christ pronouncing death to all of our opposition in His incarnation.All of our past has been put to death so that we could enjoy the blessings of God. We can only trust in putting the opposition to death in the pronouncements. There are no other means to be delivered.