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Romans 3:26-31
26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
27 Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
31 Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
Here Paul rules out antinomianism as a valid response to his explanation of justification through faith. Being justified by faith doesn't mean one can throw off all moral constraints and live just as one pleases. Instead, the Law of God, which is aimed fundamentally at righteousness, is established in the life of the Christian person. How? Paul went on to explain:
Romans 4:2-5
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
3 For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."
4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.
5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,
By trusting in Christ and the promises and power of God, righteousness is credited to an ungodly person by God. By this means, the righteousness embodied by God's Law is established, not by law-keeping, but by faith. So, then, Romans 3:31 is not urging legalism - law-keeping - but exactly the opposite!
You fail to grasp what I'm telling you.
The law isn't there to justify us, it's there to show us what sin is, and points to WHY we need a savior.
When you eliminate the law, you turn a NARROW PATH into a 12 lane freeway and remove our accountability.
Where in the word does it say "moral law" or is that man's way to justify their excuse for eliminating "God's Law"