The Bible says in Romans chapter three,
you don't have to turn there, verse 28,
therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith
without the deeds of the law.
So we're saved by faith, not the works of the law.
But then just literally three verses later, he says,
do we then make void the law through faith?
God forbid, yay, we established the law.
So the apostle Paul, when he goes on and on
about how the law can't save you,
the law doesn't save you.
The law is just a school master to bring you to Christ.
The law doesn't bring salvation.
It's only by faith, it's by faith, it's by faith.
But then he said, wait a minute,
does that make the law void?
No, we established the law.
The law has another purpose.
See, the law has multiple purposes.
Here are some purposes of the law of God.
Number one, the law of God is designed
to prevent the breakdown of society.
Because if we didn't have laws
against stealing and murder and adultery and things,
society breaks down.
So one purpose of the law
is to prevent the breakdown of society.
That's why God instituted the death penalty
when Noah got off the ark
because society had broken down before the flood
and he didn't want that same breakdown to take place.
So he brought in the death penalty
so that murder wouldn't run rampant
like it did before the flood
when violence filled the earth.
Another purpose of the law,
and these are in no particular order,
another purpose of the law
is to be our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ.
What the law does, it shows us that we're sinners,
and because we know we're sinners,
then we know we need a savior.
But then there's another third purpose of the law,
and that third purpose of the law
is to tell us how to live our lives
in a way that'll please God.
We can read God's word,
we can read Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers, Deuteronomy,
then we can get in the New Testament,
where the New Testament interprets
and explains all that.
And we walk away knowing how to live our lives.
You know, how do I live as a godly husband?
How do you live as a godly wife?
How do you obey your parents?
How do you honor your parents?
How do you raise your children?
How do you work at your job?
You know, everything about our Christian life,
it's in there.
And the laws of God teach us how to be a good person
by God's standards.