Six Biblical Facts About The Law

1. The Law increases sin - Romans 5:20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more…
2. The Law strengthens sin - 1Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
3. The ministry of the Law is death - 2Corinthians 3:6-7 …who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 7 Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end…
4. The Law has nothing to do with faith - Galatians 3:11 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.”
5. The Law can not make anybody right with God - Galatians 3:12-14 But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
6. The Law separates humanity from Christ - Galatians 5:4 You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

His Grace is Enough,
Wag