For what purpose did the law enter?
Answer
"Moreover the law entered, that the, offence might abound." Rom. 5: 20.
NOTE - By the giving of the law at Sinai, then, God designed, not to increase or multiply sin, but
that men might, through a new revelation of Him and of His character and will, as expressed in a plainly
spoken and plainly written law, the better see the awful sinfulness of sin, and thus their utter helplessness
and undone condition. While in Egypt, surrounded as they were with idolatry and sin, and as the result of
their long bondage and hard servitude, Israel even, the special people of God, had largely forgotten God
and lost sight of His requirements. Until one realizes that he is a sinner, he cannot see his need of a Savior
from sin. Hence the entering, or re-publication, of the law to the world through Israel at Sinai.
How were the Scriptures given?
What statement testifies to Abraham's faith in God ?
What effect does obedience to the truth have?
What is the wages of sin?
What does the prophet Isaiah, speaking for God through this Spirit of Christ, call the seventhday Sabbath?
With what should our prayers be mingled?
Where are the righteous to be recompensed?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle