2: God's 3 Purpose Law

1. God’s Law - Leads People To Jesus

The first purpose of God’s Law is to lead us to Christ (Gal. 3:24, 13):

“The Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith… Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us.”

So once we get saved by only faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, does that mean we no longer need to obey God’s Law (Rom. 3:31):

“Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.”

The only thing done away with for those in Christ, is the “curse of the Law” or “the judgment of the Law.” Every place in the New Testament where it seems the Law is no more relevant for us in Christ is always and only in the context of salvation, which is a free gift and not by works of the Law.

However, after we are saved God still does not want us to sin (1 John 3:4):

“Everyone who sins is breaking God’s Law, for all sin is contrary to the Law of God.”

But the first purpose of God’s Law is to show us our sin so we might come to Christ Jesus to be saved from the penalty of our sin (1 Cor. 15:3):

“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.”

2. God’s Law - Helps Christians Be More Like Jesus

Once we are saved in the “new covenant”, God’s Law is then NEVER removed from us (Heb. 10:16):