Why did God give us the 613 articles of the law?

John 8: 1-12. But Jesus went to the mount of olives, but early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him and he sat them down and taught them. Then the scribes and the pharisees brought to him woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said to him teacher this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned, but what do you say?
This they said testing him that they might have something of which to accuse him......
so when they continue asking him he
raised himself up and said to them, He who is without sin among you let him let him throw a stone at her first......................



The law brings about wrath. God is Holy and so is his law. This Holy law came to us in 613 articles. The reason God gave us 613 articles of the law is to make us realize that we are sinners; that we are incomplete beings.
It teaches us that we have to look to God's grace to be redeemed.

If we didn't know this and thought about only what was written, we all would have to be stoned to death just as surely as the woman who was caught in the act.

If the woman and each one of us was judged according to the law only we as well as the woman will receive a terrible judgment.

But Jesus saved us, we who are sinners from our sins and from the judgment. With all our sins if the law is applied strictly to the letter, who among us could stay alive? every single one of us would end up in hell.

But the scribes and pharisees knew of the law only as it was written. If his law was applied corrected, it would kill him just just as surely as the one judged by him. In fact the law of God was given to men so that they could understand their sins, but they suffered because they have misunderstood and misapplied it.

The pharisees of today, just as the pharisees in the bible only know the law as it is written. They should understand the grace, the justice and the truth of God.

They have to be taught the gospel of redemption to be saved.


WHICH IS GREATER, THE LOVE OF GOD OR THE JUDGMENT OF GOD?
To be continue.............

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