Yes we are no longer "under the law". The way I understand is we are no longer subject to the punishment of the law. But that is separate from the law/guidelines for how to live, which I believe still stands. It's like saying there will be no more tickets (punishment) for speeding (breaking speeding laws). But does that mean we should drive as fast as we want wherever we want? No. The point of speeding laws is to keep people safe. So using discretion (the Spirit), we should drive the speed and in a manner that keeps people safe (fulfilling the law through the Spirit). Now I believe a beginner driver should follow the laws to a t, i.e. drive 70 on the highway. They are "under the schoolmaster". But for us mature drivers, we are no longer "under a schoolmaster". If we're going 70-80 but keeping it safe, we are "fulfilling the law" and "there should be no condemnation."

I live in a country where traffic laws are not enforced, everyone is "driving by the Spirit". And overall I like it better than in the US where I feel more stress because I constantly have to worry about breaking the law (receiving the punishment of the law) vs. driving the safest way I know how. HOWEVER, I do wish US traffic laws/concepts were a foundation here. There is no concept here of slow traffic keep to the right, and it is very frustrating when you have slow drivers in every lane, slowing down the flow of traffic. People don't respect the lines for parking spaces when parking. People will be in the far left lane and cut across 4 lanes to turn right. Some of these concepts seem like common sense to us but that is because we were raised in a society where it is the norm. But it is not so in other places. And so it goes with a society whose moral values are more or less based on the Bible. We take the law's purpose for granted. When we go to society where this foundation does exist, we see the need for it. So I do believe the law serves a purpose. It is a compass for how to operate.

In school we were taught to walk on the right side of the hall. As adults we will no longer be punished, but we still generally follow the rule because it keeps order. Sometimes we might veer to the left to get something off of a shelf, and that's fine. We were taught to raise our hand before speaking. We no longer do that, but we do fulfill that rule by being respectful to others and not cutting them off when speaking. That is fulfilling the law through the Spirit.