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What is the purpose of the Law?
The Ten Commandments ( The Laws of God )
1. "You shall have no other gods before Me."
2. "You shall not make for yourself any idol."
3. "You shall not take the name of God in vain."
4. "Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy."
5. "Honor your father and your mother."
6. "You shall not murder."
7. "You shall not commit adultery."
8. "You shall not steal."
9. "You shall not lie."
10. "You shall not covet."
We are all sinners who break the Laws of God (the Ten Commandments). For proof in the Scriptures that we are all sinners and that we all have broken the Laws of God just read (Romans 3:23) and (1 John 3:4). Therefore since we all have broken God's law there is a fine due unto God for your law breaking my people, a payment that must be paid in full to him, a perfect sacrifice that must be given to him for your disobedience to God who created you. And God is only accepting from you one payment that must be paid in full to him and one perfect sacrifice for your sins. Only one thing can be done by you for you to be forgiven of all your sins by God and be saved from him justly punishing you for breaking his laws. The answer is to put your whole trust in the Lord Jesus to save you. Jesus Christ is the only perfect sacrifice that cleanses us of our sins, yes, he (Jesus) was given unto us from God the Father to forgive us and cleanse us once and for all. Jesus also paid our payment unto God for our sins which was paid in full by him when he died on the cross for us and arose from the grave! Jesus is the only payment and perfect sacrifice that God will accept from you to be freed, saved, and forgiven, because he (Jesus) is the sinless one who died on the cross for you the sinner for your sins.
The purpose of the law (the Ten Commandments) is to show and prove to us how sinful we really are and how we all fall short of God's commands,
we all fall short of God's glory, God's holiness, and God's glorious perfect standard. It shows and reveals how sinful we really are
and how much we disobey God continually. Simply put, God's law reveals our sin (Romans 7:7). And it shows us how we are in desperate need of a Savior
if we don't want God to punish us as our sins righteously deserve. The Law of God doesn't help you; it just leaves you helpless and guilty before a holy and perfect God. The Law of God wakes us up to our sinfulness, and it demands that we must believe in Jesus The Savior if we want to be saved by God. The purpose of the 10 Commandments is to point us, to lead us to Christ Jesus our Savior who saves us from God's justly wrath for our sins
(for breaking his law). For God the Father punished and poured the full wrath of his anger for sin on Christ Jesus his Son on our behalf, for our sins, in so that we can be set free from his punishment and guiltiness of sin on the day of judgement, because Christ our Savior has already took our punishment for them. Therefore we will be counted blameless, innocent of sin if we believe in Jesus to save us because he Christ Jesus paid our punishment for sin in full for us at the cross in so that
we don't have too when we meet he (God) on judgment day. Christ has taken our punishment all because of his unfailing love for us, in so that we can be set free from God's wrath. For He Christ is our Savior who saves all those who believe on Him.
Romans 3:19-31 says
19 "Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses
and to bring the entire world into judgment before God. 20For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his law commands.
For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't obeying it.
Christ Took Our Punishment
21But now God has shown us a different way of being right in his sight--not by obeying the law but by the way promised in the Scriptures long ago. 22We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done. 23For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard. 24Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins. 25For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times. 26And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus.
27Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on our good deeds. It is based on our faith. 28So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.
29After all, God is not the God of the Jews only, is he? Isn't he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is. 30There is only one God, and there is only one way of being accepted by him. He makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles. 31Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law?
Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law".
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