Not What People Think…

What is the purpose of the law? Not what most people think. It’s purpose is to show us our sin. It was given for a short period of time, until Jesus came. It was never meant to save people. God’s purpose was to establish it in order to point His people to Jesus, the Savior of the world. I only know One Person Who kept the law, and it wasn’t me or you.

19 Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. God gave His law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people. 20 Now a mediator is helpful if more than one party must reach an agreement. But God, who is one, did not use a mediator when He gave His promise to Abraham.21 Is there a conflict, then, between God’s law and God’s promises? Absolutely not! If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it. 22 But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God’s promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ. Galatians 3:19-22