Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
So the law was to bring us to Christ. but why do we need a savior?
To save us from sin, what is sin?
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Paul said:
Rom 5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
notice sin was here before the law came but without the law sin is not imputed.
Galatians says something similar:
Gal 3:19 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.
notice it was added because of "transgressions" which is breaking the law.
now put it together. the law shows sin, yet sin was in the world before the law. So then the law did not make sin but rather was given to show that we were sinners as Paul says:
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Point Sin was already here but until the law we did not see it. So the law was added because of our sin to show us our need of saving.
Don't miss that, sin already was here, we were killing and cheating before the law came. This tells us that the law is eternal or else how could there have been sin? If nothing is wrong then how can it be wrong? hope you get my point there. but until the law was given in solid form sin was not imputed.
So here is another question.
If the law is what brings death and Jesus wants us to live then why not simply never give us the law? easy Sin was here before the law was given the Law only showed us our problem clearly. Sin is the problem not the law. The law was given to alert us of our sin.
So if sin is the problem even before the law came and death notice:
Rom 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
So death preceded the law also so death is a result of sin not the law alone.
what have we learned? Sin existed before the law and death also because of sin existed before the law. Here is the problem when there is no law how do I know that I am a sinner deserving of death? That is why God gave the law.
now I know why I am going to die which makes me seek for a savior.
SO then does it make any logical sense that Jesus died to take away the law?
No if that was the answer then why give it in the first place. answer: the problem was not the law but the sin. The law points out the sin/problem which Jesus came to fix.
So if sin is the problem then removing the law does not help me. what about simply removing the death penalty?
Well Jesus did take the penalty of death for us. but does removing the penalty fix the problem? No the problem is sin, Death is the consequence of the problem.
So then Jesus death and Resurrection must some how fix the problem that I sin. If sin does not stop then the problem is not fixed.
Remember the law points out sin that is why it was given.
So the law was to bring us to Christ. but why do we need a savior?
To save us from sin, what is sin?
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Paul said:
Rom 5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
notice sin was here before the law came but without the law sin is not imputed.
Galatians says something similar:
Gal 3:19 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.
notice it was added because of "transgressions" which is breaking the law.
now put it together. the law shows sin, yet sin was in the world before the law. So then the law did not make sin but rather was given to show that we were sinners as Paul says:
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Point Sin was already here but until the law we did not see it. So the law was added because of our sin to show us our need of saving.
Don't miss that, sin already was here, we were killing and cheating before the law came. This tells us that the law is eternal or else how could there have been sin? If nothing is wrong then how can it be wrong? hope you get my point there. but until the law was given in solid form sin was not imputed.
So here is another question.
If the law is what brings death and Jesus wants us to live then why not simply never give us the law? easy Sin was here before the law was given the Law only showed us our problem clearly. Sin is the problem not the law. The law was given to alert us of our sin.
So if sin is the problem even before the law came and death notice:
Rom 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
So death preceded the law also so death is a result of sin not the law alone.
what have we learned? Sin existed before the law and death also because of sin existed before the law. Here is the problem when there is no law how do I know that I am a sinner deserving of death? That is why God gave the law.
now I know why I am going to die which makes me seek for a savior.
SO then does it make any logical sense that Jesus died to take away the law?
No if that was the answer then why give it in the first place. answer: the problem was not the law but the sin. The law points out the sin/problem which Jesus came to fix.
So if sin is the problem then removing the law does not help me. what about simply removing the death penalty?
Well Jesus did take the penalty of death for us. but does removing the penalty fix the problem? No the problem is sin, Death is the consequence of the problem.
So then Jesus death and Resurrection must some how fix the problem that I sin. If sin does not stop then the problem is not fixed.
Remember the law points out sin that is why it was given.