The Law

When most people think about the law, they think in terms of condemnation. This is the same misunderstanding as the one concerning grace. God did not give man the law merely to condemn him, but to instruct him and bring him to an acknowledgment of sin. By the instruction of the law many souls in the old covenant lived a praiseworthy life. But since they only had their own strength, no one was able to keep the entire law. The law did not lead to perfection. Heb. 7:19. All the God-fearing men of whom we read reached their limitations, and this brought the acknowledgment of sin. “For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” John 1:17.