The Law

1. The law of Ten Commandments points out sin.  1John 3:4; Gal. 3:24; 1Tim. 1:8, 9; James 2:9.
2. The law does not save anyone.  Gal. 2:16.
3. The law is an expression of Christ’s and God’s righteousness.  Rom. 8:1-4.  Law keeping is essential not in order to be saved, but because God exhorts us to do so since we love Him. John 14:15.
4. Paul says the following of the law:
5. It is holy.  Rom. 7:12
6. It should not be made void.  Rom. 3:31.
7. We will be judged by it.  Rom. 2:12
8. It is the doers of the law that will be justified.  Rom. 2:13
9. It tells us when we are sinning.  Rom. 3:20; 5:19; 7:7
10. It is spiritual and good.  Rom. 7:14, 16.
11. The law is called the Royal Law, the Law of Liberty.  James 2:8-11, 12.
12. When we love our fellow men we fulfil the law.  Rom. 13:8, 10; Lev. 19:18.
13. When we love God we also fulfil the law.  Deut. 6:5; Matt. 22:37-40