How Shall They Know? Uses of the Law: The Law Defines Sin (5) Romans 7:7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet ...

Guilt, Shame, Fear Uses of the Law: The Law Defines Sin (4) John 16:8 “And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment…” We know that sin is lawlessness; thus, the Law of God is a reliable means for helping us to understand what is and ...

The Importance of Conscience Uses of the Law: The Law Defines Sin (3) Hebrews 9:14 …how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. The Scriptures teach that the soul, or the ...

Written on Our Hearts Uses of the Law: The Law Defines Sin (2) Romans 2:14, 15 For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of ...

Putting the Spotlight on Sin Uses of the Law: The Law Defines Sin (1) 1 John 3:4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. It’s not surprising that, in many churches today, we don’t hear much talk about sin. After all, if we have no use for ...

Not According to the Gospel Uses of the Law: Unlawful Uses (7) 1 Timothy 1:8, 11 Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully…in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. Any teaching of the Law of God apart from ...

To Control Others Uses of the Law: Unlawful Uses (6) John 7:49 “But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” I suspect that one reason, perhaps the primary reason, most Christians today want little or nothing to do with the Law of God, and practice a studied ignorance of ...

A Substitute for Sound Teaching Uses of the Law: Unlawful Uses (5) 1 Timothy 1:5, 6 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered assay into vain discussion, desiring to be teachers ...

Vaunt Not Uses of the Law: Unlawful Uses (4) 1 Timothy 1:6, 7 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion, desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions. It is unlawful not to ...

No Righteousness but Christ’s Uses of the Law: Unlawful Uses (3) Romans 5:17 If, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. The righteousness of ...