The Three Good Purposes of God’s Law What are the three good purposes of God’s law?

Question #1 What is one good purpose that God’s law serves for all people? What is one good purpose that God’s law serves for all people?

1 Timothy 1:9-10 Deuteronomy 4:23-24 Psalm 119:120 Key Point #1 Romans 7:7 Romans 3:19-20 Psalm 119:105 Luke 18:13 Key Point #2 Key Point #3 2 Corinthians 5:15 fear God’s punishment I need a Savior GuideMirror I’d better not do that. our sin Curb God wants us to live I want to thank Jesus

1 Timothy 1:9-10 We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers--and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine.

Deuteronomy 4:23-24 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden. For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Psalm 119:120 My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.

The first good ______ of the ___ is to keep us from ______ by making us ____ God’s __________. Key Point #1 purpose law sinning fear punishment

Question #2 What is a second good purpose that God’s law serves for all people?

Romans 7:7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet.“

Romans 3:19-20 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 his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

Luke 18:13 "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.‘”

Key Point #2 The second good ______ of God’s ___ is to serve as a _____, showing us how _____ we are and how much we need a _____. purpose law mirror sinful Savior

Question #3 What is a third good purpose that God’s law serves, but only for Christians?

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105

2 Corinthians 5:15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

Key Point #3 The third good ______ of the ___ is that it serves as a ____ to show ________ how to thank ____ for all he has ____ for us. purpose law guide Christians God done

What I’ve Learned The three good purposes of God’s law are that it serves as a curb, a mirror, and a guide.

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