Purpose of the Law

Purpose of the Law

As you go through life we are confronted by a choice. How will we live? Francis Schaffer wrote a book asking and answering this question and if you have never read it I highly recommend it. But I will give it a short answer. The law was written to guide us as a people seeking God until the coming of Jesus and the fulfilling of a promise to Abraham. Scripture tells us that very thing.

Galatians 3:23-25, ^“23 Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. ²⁴ So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵ Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

Now I understand what you are thinking so why do so many people want us to hold onto the Ten Commandments and other instruction that was given in the time of Moses. Well if you look Jesus states that he is a fulfillment of the law. When we believe on Him in faith we are called to also maintain what he taught. Guess what Jesus taught His disciples? He taught from the Torah (The Law) but he even carried many of the instructions further. The difference is that He understood the Law was there only to guide us to an understanding that no one could keep it. It was like a mirror to those who tried to live by it. It showed the faults and failures of the human condition. But when Jesus came and fulfilled the law we were set free from it.

Galatians 3:26-29, ^“26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, ²⁷ for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. ²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Through our acceptance of Christ we are set free. We are now part of the family of God. We are all one family. I believe lots of times God should be angry with us as we fail to come together as a family instead we act more like a dysfunctional one arguing over issues that in the end just drive non-believers to say they don’t need any part of it. I ask you to take time today to think about what your life would be like under the law. Just stick to the Ten Commandments some are easy for you to avoid others might surprise you how often we break them. They can be found in Deuteronomy 5 there was 618 laws that Israel tried to hold to. See what it means to have freedom by faith in Jesus. With Him there is forgiveness and peace. Have a blessed day in the Lord.