[By the time that Jesus was born, the Pharisees’, Sadducees’, and Scribes’ sovereign^infra was as disempowering of the subject as the kings of the first Temple.

The disciples writing the NT did not see “sin” as “standing in opposition to the Law” as much as “opposition to God’s grace”.  This means more than the formula that God’s grace comes from accepting Christ [think^divine] and speaks to the heart [conscience^{free = independent}].  Grace is God’s answer to the public humiliation that comes from accusations from others [projections of think^anti-object].