"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." Galatians 3:19
Where there was no law, sin could not be imputed. In the dispensation, man could say that he was without guilt since his actions contravened no law. But when the law came, if he continued to sin, he was confirmed a transgressor of the law and held guilty. The law sufficiently proved the sinfulness of man. The law gave sin its due character, and to man his due definition: a sinner. Sin, which was only a general fact of the nature of the fallen man, has now, with the law become a personal guilt who in the face of a just and holy law transgressed.
"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." Galatians 3:24
The second thing that the law was given for is to bring the sinner to Christ for salvation. Man, once convicted of sin, sees himself as a sinner and seeks a Saviour. Sadly, the law has been used unlawfully by those who use it as a means to justify the sinner. When used lawfully, the law leads up to Christ, in this sense, the bible calls the law a schoolmaster. In the Greek, the word is 'paidag gos', a servant who escorts children to school. Used properly, the law escorts the sinner to Christ and leaves him with Christ. Its job is done once a sinner is brought to Christ, such a person ceases to be under the supervision of the law, Christ takes over from that point on. It's instructive to point out that the law neither justifies the sinner nor sanctifies the believer. It wasn't given for any of these.
Toni
Where there was no law, sin could not be imputed. In the dispensation, man could say that he was without guilt since his actions contravened no law. But when the law came, if he continued to sin, he was confirmed a transgressor of the law and held guilty. The law sufficiently proved the sinfulness of man. The law gave sin its due character, and to man his due definition: a sinner. Sin, which was only a general fact of the nature of the fallen man, has now, with the law become a personal guilt who in the face of a just and holy law transgressed.
"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." Galatians 3:24
The second thing that the law was given for is to bring the sinner to Christ for salvation. Man, once convicted of sin, sees himself as a sinner and seeks a Saviour. Sadly, the law has been used unlawfully by those who use it as a means to justify the sinner. When used lawfully, the law leads up to Christ, in this sense, the bible calls the law a schoolmaster. In the Greek, the word is 'paidag gos', a servant who escorts children to school. Used properly, the law escorts the sinner to Christ and leaves him with Christ. Its job is done once a sinner is brought to Christ, such a person ceases to be under the supervision of the law, Christ takes over from that point on. It's instructive to point out that the law neither justifies the sinner nor sanctifies the believer. It wasn't given for any of these.
Toni
