Why Do We Need The Law?

Q. People are accepting Jesus, both Jew & gentile without obedience to a law that was done away with. I have a hard time with the law being reestablished again, when It was no longer needed for anything. Every time someone reads it a veil goes over their eyes.

Now I realize I don’t know it all but explain this to me.  Why would God do away with the Law and turn us to grace as the only possible way to be saved, without any type of performance and then cast that aside and start over with law again and obedience to it and to Jesus?

God is Good, and we aren’t.  It is time we accept that and quit pretending that we can do something that is pleasing to God other than accepting His Son for a sacrifice for our sin.

I don’t pretend to know everything or understand everything, but this really bothers me what you say. I am really wanting to understand the truth but I do have this hang up. I enjoy your website.  Help!

A. This is not what I say, it’s what the Bible says.  The age of grace was a suspension of the Law not an elimination. The Law is perfect (Psalm 19:7-11) and Jesus Himself said that He didn’t come to abolish it.  And grace is not the only way to be saved.  Faith in Jesus is the only way to be saved and has resulted in the salvation of those under the law as well as those who aren’t.

The Law was given to  quantify sin (Romans 7:7) and when we understand that we can see it’s purpose as well as our need for it. A quick look around us at the close of the Age of Grace and it becomes obvious that the world has forgotten what sin is. Without the Law as a constraint to our behavior, there’s no limit to man’s depravity.