{"id":6179,"date":"2017-09-17T08:10:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T12:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=6179"},"modified":"2017-10-05T15:17:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T19:17:26","slug":"what-purpose-then-does-the-law-serve-it-was-added-because-of-transgressions-till-the-seed-should-come-to-whom-the-promise-was-made-galatians-319-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/what-purpose-then-does-the-law-serve-it-was-added-because-of-transgressions-till-the-seed-should-come-to-whom-the-promise-was-made-galatians-319-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"“What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made” (Galatians 3:19 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"
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If the law cannot save, what purpose does it “serve?” Paul asked this rhetorical question after making the point that the “promise” of God was given 430 years before the law of God was added. The “promise” was given to Abraham that through his “Seed” all nations would be blessed (Gen.22:18). This “Seed” is Christ. So, since faith in the “Promised Seed” is the only way of salvation, why was the law given? It was given “because of transgressions.” The promise is for salvation, but the law is “because” of sin. Paul goes on in his epistle to the Galatians to give what some have called the three “R”s of the law, which answers his question, “what purpose does the law serve?”<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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THREE “R”s OF THE LAW:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1)\u00a0Reflect our guilty condition (Like a perfect mirror).\u2028 <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u20282) Restrain our sinful behavior (Like a prison guard).\u2028<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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3) Reveal our need for a Savior (Like a pedagogue).\u2028<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The law is good and useful, but it cannot save. Only faith in Christ saves.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If the law cannot save, what purpose does it “serve?” Paul asked this rhetorical question after making the point that the “promise” of God was given 430 years before the law of God was added. The “promise” was given to Abraham that through his “Seed” all nations would be blessed (Gen.22:18). This “Seed” is Christ. So, since faith in the “Promised Seed” is the only way of salvation, why was the law given? It was given “because of transgressions.” The promise is for salvation, but the law is “because” of sin. Paul goes on in his epistle to the Galatians to give what some have called the three “R”s of the law, which answers his question, “what purpose does the law serve?”<\/p>\n

THREE “R”s OF THE LAW:
\n1)\u00a0Reflect our guilty condition (Like a perfect mirror).\u2028
\n\u20282) Restrain our sinful behavior (Like a prison guard).\u2028
\n3) Reveal our need for a Savior (Like a pedagogue).\u2028<\/p>\n

The law is good and useful, but it cannot save. Only faith in Christ saves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1315],"scripture-chapter":[1336],"oyb_day":[1787],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6179","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-galatians","scripture-chapter-1336","oyb_day-september-17"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6179"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6179"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6179"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6179"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}