Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
Romans 3:19-20
There are 2 interesting points being made in these 2 verses:
- Every one of us has failed under the law of Moses. None of us are innocent, therefore none of us are better than anyone else. We have all failed, and the punishment for our failure is death.
Many of us know and understand this. This is why Jesus had to die on the cross. He died so that we would not have to die for our sins, and we can have the opportunity to live forever with Him, if we surrender our life to Him.
- One of the reasons that it's still very important for us to understand the law of Moses is so that we are aware that we have actually failed.
This is a very important point. How many people in the world don't even realize that they need saving? I think many would agree that, if someone doesn't know they are in trouble, they will have no desire to be helped.
Most people in the world do not realize that they are subject to the laws of God, as written in the Ten Commandments. That is not just a nice children's story. That is the law of God. If we do not recognize that as the law of God, then we will not understand that we have failed that law, and are on our way to an eternal death separated from God.
Many today just say: "I'm a good person. I give to the church. I'm nice to people. As long as I try to be a good person, I'm sure I'll be just fine."
Many people do not realize the danger with living in this way. No matter how good we are, or how many nice things we do, or how hard we try, we have still failed, and if we do not recognize that we have failed based on the ten commandments, we will not realize that we even need something to save us from an eternal death!
Today, let's make sure we understand the datum. Let's make sure we fully understand that the law of God, written down by Moses, still exists today, and that the punishment for disobeying even 1 of those laws just 1 time in our life results in eternal death separated from God in hell.
Once we have a full understanding of the consequences of this, and we let it truly sink in, there will be a natural understanding for the significance of Jesus coming to this earth, perfect, and dying a horrible death so that we don't have to.
