THE LAW OF MOSES - Part 2
Since we are no longer under the Law of Moses, why do we give it any concern or study? Robert Roberts - "... we learn from apostolic teaching that there was (1) a deeper meaning, and (2) a more far-reaching aim. The deeper meaning is briefly expressed in the statement of Paul, that "the law was a shadow of good things to come". The more far-reaching aim is revealed in the declaration that "the law entered that the offense might abound", and "that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become guilty before God" (Rom. 5:20; 3:19) - statement that are unintelligible until we discover that the object was to make man feel his native powerlessness, and that he might be placed in a position in which salvation should be a gift by favor of God on the condition of faith leading to obedience." The Law of Moses, p. 5.