Then it wasn't murder and it wasn't sin...
Rom 5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Unless you disagree with Paul.
According to Paul, it can't be...
Rom 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Unlike your muddled thinking, the Bible is very clear about what a transgression is...
Rom 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. :
You've just attempted to put the bible against its own self by your logic. And missed the whole point.
The first verse you posted says that sin was in the world before the law was given.
According to you, that is impossible because sin is only the transgression of the law.
While that is true, sin is the transgression of the law, sin and transgression existed before the law was given.
Otherwise it makes no sense to say the reason for the law being given is because of transgressions. There would literally be no transgression without the law being given using your logic.
Galatians 3:19 [SUP] [/SUP]Wherefore then serveth the law?
It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
for where no law is there is no transgression. Where is this? Where is there no law and no transgression?
And again, you completely misunderstand what a schoolmaster is. It is a teacher. The Law of sacrifices teaches us that Christ is the ultimate sacrifice. God, Himself says He spoke NOTHING about sacrifices from Mt. Sinai...
Jer 7:22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
The schoolmaster is a teacher. The law. The 10 commandments.
Matthew 5
Be Perfect. As your Father in Heaven is Perfect.
You're going to need help with that one. I don't think you can be perfect like your Father in Heaven is Perfect without lots of help.
That's why the schoolmaster is the 10 commandments. It brings us to Christ. Our Help.
Sacrifice can't be the schoolmaster. Otherwise there would be a bunch of people sacrificing trying to learn what their sacrifice is supposed to mean, bringing them closer to Christ. Did you come to Christ while you were sacrificing animals??
But people are still working at the 10 commandments. It is still the schoolmaster and can still be seen to be bringing people to Christ. This is how I came to Christ. I needed Help. I couldn't be perfect by the force of my will and strength. Not according to the Law. Not unless I twist it and "interpret" it to mean something I can be perfect at. An honest person knows better.
Christ says "Come to me and I will give you rest". You think He meant rest from all those animals you were sacrificing? No. Rest from your own work at the law trying to be Perfect before God by your will and flesh.
Nobody is really sacrificing animals anymore. Not even Jews. Is the schoolmaster gone? Disappeared? Nope. Not one jot or one tittle has been removed from the schoolmaster. Nor will be.