Why was the law given? (Romans 5:20-21)
Morning Mindset Christian Daily Devotional Bible study and prayer
Carey Green
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🗓️ 22 October 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Romans 5:20-21 - The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 2:12-16 - For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. 14 For when 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. 15 They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them 16 on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there my friends welcome back to the morning mindset |
| 0:06.3 | Carrie Green here it's time for you and me to investigate the scriptures and |
| 0:10.6 | to get our minds aligned with what it says. |
| 0:14.0 | That's my statement. |
| 0:15.0 | I say it over and over. |
| 0:16.0 | It's time for us to get our minds aligned with the truth of God. |
| 0:19.7 | And we can do that by understanding what he teaches us in the Holy Scriptures and applying it to our lives. |
| 0:25.6 | Today we are looking at Romans chapter 5 verses 20 and 21 and it's explaining to us where the law of God comes into the picture. |
| 0:37.5 | Said a different way, why did God give the Old Testament law in the first place. |
| 0:43.9 | Now let's pause and remind ourselves the context that this answer is going to come in. |
| 0:50.1 | This is a context where Paul has been telling us about two men. |
| 0:55.5 | Adam, who was the first sinner and brought sin and death and condemnation into the world |
| 1:02.3 | through that action. |
| 1:04.5 | And Jesus, the man who came to the earth perfect, lived a full human life as the God |
| 1:11.1 | man Jesus Christ, and died on a cross in obedience to the Father to bring about life and justification and redemption. |
| 1:22.0 | Reconciliation is what he calls it, for you and for me, for anyone who would place their faith in Jesus. |
| 1:28.0 | And so it's in that context that Paul brings up this issue of the law, and he's already brought it up once before when he |
| 1:35.6 | was referring to the fact that sin existed even before the law was given |
| 1:40.7 | because Adam had sinned and now he brings it up again to tell us one of |
| 1:46.7 | the purposes of the law. If I were to ask you why did God give the law you You might give various answers. You might say so that people would know what he required. |
| 1:58.0 | That's a good answer and it's a true answer, but it's not the answer Paul's going to focus on today. You might say so that people |
| 2:04.7 | could then obey God by doing what the law says. Well that's a good answer and that's a partially |
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