1.1 THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAW INDICATE THAT IT IS NOT AT FAULT
2.1 The law is holy
3.1 GOD IS HOLY
3.2 WE ARE CALLED TO HOLINESS
3.3 THE LAW SHOWS WHAT THAT MEANS
2.2 The law is just
(Note: just, justify, justification, righteous, righteousness same root)
3.1 SAVING RIGHTEOUSNESS
4.1 Man can not produce the necessary absolute righteousness
4.2 The standard of righteousness is presented in the law
4.3 Christ in His finished work provided righteousness
4.4 This righteousness if appropriated by faith
3.2 SANCTIFYING RIGHTEOUSNESS:
4.1 The believer is called to a life characterized by righteousness
4.2 The law revealed the standard that God desires for his children
4.3 The law could not produce the righteousness God desires in the believer
2.3 The law is good
THE LAW SHOWS THE STANDARD
1.2 THE FUNCTIONS OF THE LAW
2.1 Summary: The law reveals sin for what it is death sentencing
2.2 The law shows how terrible sin is
1.3 THE NATURE OF THE LAW: SPIRITUAL
Indicates the divine origin and character of the law
12 Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. 13 Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, (NKJV)
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