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The Law Exposes the Sinner

And this is why Jesus spoke of the Law - to bring allegedly "good" people to conviction of sin. Given that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" Rom 3:23, Paul declared that "no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin." Rom 3:20 The Law is a diagnostic tool which reveals sin. Like an X-ray machine, it doesn't heal, it only reveals. In fact just as overexposure to x-rays kills, so also overexposure to the Law kill. Paul writes, God "made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." 2Cor 5:6 and goes on in the next verse to indicate that, "the ministry of death was written and engraved on stones", speaking of the 10 commandments. Thus the Jews, drunk on the old wine of the Old Covenant of Law, rejected their own Messiah. "He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him." Jn 1:12 And many today content with a righteousness defined by compliance to the regulations of men, also do not receive him.

At the end of Gal 2:16 Paul writes, "by observing the law no one will be justified." And in Gal 5:4 "You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace."

The Law doesn't save, it only condemns.

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