If Adams relationship to the law is obsolete then there is no law. It comes being a matter of personal preference. I think people naturally react to the illegitimate use of the law. If we do not recognize Gods qualifying standards then we would form no understanding of Christ work for us. We contain the empirical evidence of Christ presence with us in the Law- Covenant of the gracious promises, curses, divine decrees and comprehensive statutes. These moral axioms and eternal covenants are worked out through Gods goodness, fatherly kindness, faithfulness and divine grace.

 In facing the law, we obviously need a substitute or would be without hope. The appropriate question is how do we assimilate Christ substitutionary work so that we mutually recognize His grace in fellowship with Him? We must carefully follow the regulatory requirement for a mutual agreement. This is why a distinct substitution is rooted in Gods divine goodness, faithfulness, kindness, and grace and not in us. In a sense describing God is naturally raising the law to its highest position because it is the reasonable basis of His faithfulness, etc. This is our unshakable confidence in believing because He faithfully upholds the law by His holiness.

 If He is portrayed in His actions being the most admirable understanding of the law then we can be certain He is an exact substitution. In implementing the standard, we could not uphold our part of the agreement. Gods anger toward lawbreakers would require a satisfied substitute for our violation of the agreement. So our mutual confidence that Gods anger is turned away from us is soundly based upon His promise to be faithful rendering to His infinite standard of moral righteousness. We can trust His promises because we know He does not commit mistakes. I believe this is how we regard the law in buttressing our faith in the gospel. We heretofore know we are answerable because we are borne to this thinking above.