Helpful Restraints
Many wonder why God provided a covenant for His people and later gave them rules they could not keep. The law couldn’t save anyone, but it did help in restraining the spread of sin.
Author
Travis Agnew
Lead Pastor
Faith
Helpful Restraints
Many wonder why God provided a covenant for His people and later gave them rules they could not keep. The law couldn’t save anyone, but it did help in restraining the spread of sin.
Travis Agnew
Lead Pastor
- God’s rules are helpful restraints but powerless redeemers.
Observations
- The law given to Moses could not alter the previous promise given to Abraham (3:15).
- Christ was the promised fulfillment of salvation; religious works did not replace Him along the way (3:16).
- If our inheritance of Christ is a gift, we can’t do anything to earn it (3:17-18).
- Humanity’s sinful leanings verified our need for authoritatively clear instructions (3:19-20).
- The law exposed our bent toward sin and revealed our need for grace (3:21-22).
Applications
- If Jesus isn’t the unifying force of your interpretation of Scripture, you misunderstand it.
- God gave so many rules to keep because we find so many ways to sin.
- We must believe sincerely since we cannot behave sufficiently.
- Rules can keep you on the rails, but only faith can move you forward.
