How The Law Drives Us To Feed on CHRIST

Run, John, Run, the Law demands

And gives me neither feet nor hands

Better news the Gospel brings

It bids me fly and gives me wings! – – John Bunyan

Here are 19 ways the law drives us to the Gospel to feed on CHRIST – and fly! The law is . . .

1. A ministry of condemnation (2 Corinthians 3:9)
2. A ministry of death (2 Corinthians 3:7; Romans 7:10)
3. A ministry of killing (2 Corinthians 3:6; Romans 7:9)
4. Giving a knowledge of sin (Romans 3:20; 7:7)
5. Bringing about wrath (Romans 4:15)
6. Reviving sin (Romans 7:9)
7. Arousing sinful passions (Romans 7:5)
8. Making sin exceedingly sinful (Romans 7:13)
9. The strength of sin (1 Corinthians 15:56)
10. Making nothing perfect (Hebrews 7:19)
11. Not taking away sins (Hebrews 10:4)
12. Weak and unprofitable (Hebrews 7:18)
13. An inferior covenant, based on inferior promises (Hebrews 8:6) (Compared to the New Covenant)
14. At fault (Hebrews 8:7-8)
15. Not the way to inheritance (Galatians 3:18)
16. Not able to give life (Galatians 3:21)
17. Confining all under sin (Galatians 3:22)
18. A yoke not able to be born by the Jewish Fathers, Peter, and the Apostles (Acts 15:10)
19. Contrasted with New Covenant Faith (Romans 10:5-6; Galatians 3:12)