For the Apostle Paul, the sacred writings (2 Timothy 3:15) included the Law and therefore God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)Paul also writes......for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified - Romans 2:13The Law is...the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth - Romans 2:20because by the works of the Law no flesh will justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin - Romans 3:20[And how is this a bad thing if such knowledge brings conviction, repentance, and salvation through faith/trust?]Do we nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law. Romans 3:31What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, 'You shall not covet. [In other words, the Law defined sin for us and through this definition/knowledge, we are able to repent and be saved by faith.]But sin, taking opportunity through the commandments, produced coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead. I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died; and this commandment which was to result in life proved to result in death for me; for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful. For we know the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. Romans 7:7-13For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walking according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. - Romans 8:2-3[The weakness of the Law is not found in the Law itself, but in sinful flesh's inability to fulfill the Law unless transformed and empowered by the Holy Spirit.]Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For this, 'You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in the saying, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law - Romans 13:8-10Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. - Galatians 3:24But we know the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, fur murderers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted. 1 Timothy 1:8-11Indeed, we cannot be saved by the works of the Law (Ephesians 2:8-9), a self-imposed self-righteousness (Romans 10:3) substituted for God's true righteousness.Thankfully, we find the Law defines sin, the Holy Spirit convicts of us, we repent and embrace Jesus as our Redeemer and Savior, and conduct our lives accordingly: Love God and Love others as Ourselves The HammerMi kamocah ba'elim AdonaiWho is like you, Adonai, among the mighty? (Exodus 15:11
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