Jewish Law
1.
The law is holy in its requirements, but it never pretends
to give strength.[i]
2.
My heart can get no comfort until I see that there is power
to be had in some other way, for I have no strength to keep the law, and
consequently I have no hope of getting life and righteousness under its
principles. And it is just when I come to this that I learn Christ is the only
one who can meet my need, for in Him I have both the remedy and the power that
can use it.[ii]
3.
Run, jump, stand - The law demands - But it gives us neither feet nor hands - The gospel speaks of better things - It bids us fly – but it gives us wings[iii]
4.
It demands from us what we ought to be for God, as God’s law
must do, and then tells us, if we do not answer to it, we are cursed. The apostle goes even a step farther in
Romans 7. A man may be quickened, born of God, so as to say, I hate these evil
things, that I do. The law says, So do I, and that is the reason I curse you.
It is because the law is right, “holy, just and good,” that it kills us morally
because we are sinners. It is useful in this way, but it always ends in
condemnation.[iv]
1.
God is towards man according to what man is towards God.[v]
Also see Bible Dictionary