📖 The Story of Law, Death, and Grace
🌍 1. The Beginning — When There Was Only Life
In the beginning, God made Adam and Eve to live forever. They didn’t know sin, death, or guilt. They lived in pure fellowship with God.
But when Adam disobeyed the one command — “Don’t eat of that tree” — something spiritual happened: sin entered the world, and with it came death (Romans 5:12).
Death didn’t just mean the body dying — it meant separation from God, the Source of life. So even though Adam was still walking, his spirit was now disconnected from God.
📜 2. The People Didn’t Understand Why They Were Dying
As generations passed, people didn’t understand why they were dying, or why guilt and pain existed. So God raised up Moses to help them understand what sin is and why death reigned.
🔥 3. The Burning Bush and the Holy God
When Moses met God in the burning bush (Exodus 3), God said, “Do not come closer… take off your shoes, for the ground is holy.”
This showed that God is holy — and sinful man could not come near Him without being destroyed. So God gave blood sacrifices as coverings until the true sacrifice, Jesus, would come.
⚖️ 4. God Gave the Law — to Reveal, Not to Make Holy
Israel said, “All that the Lord has said we will do.” So God gave them the Law through Moses to show what holiness looks like.
But the Law was not given to make them holy — it was to reveal sin.
Romans 3:20 (NLT): “For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.”
🩸 5. The Sacrifices — A Temporary Covering
Since the Law exposed sin, God gave them a system of sacrifices to cover sins temporarily — symbols pointing to Jesus.
Hebrews 10:4 (KJV): “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.”
⚰️ 6. The Law Brought Death, Not Life
Paul said the Law stirred sin and brought death:
Romans 7:10 (NLT): “I discovered that the law’s commands, which were supposed to bring life, brought spiritual death instead.”
🙅♂️ 7. The Law Became a Wall Between Man and God
Instead of bringing people close to God, the Law made them feel condemned and afraid. They thought God loved them only when they obeyed perfectly.
Romans 10:3–4 (KJV): “For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness… For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”
✝️ 8. Then Jesus Came — The Law in Flesh and Love in Person
Jesus fulfilled the Law, lived perfectly, and took our punishment for breaking it. When He said, “It is finished”, the Law’s power to condemn ended forever.
Romans 8:3 (NLT): “The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son…”
💨 9. The Spirit Gave Life Where the Law Brought Death
Now the Holy Spirit gives true holiness — not by rules but by relationship.
Romans 8:2 (KJV): “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”
💖 10. The End of the Story — Life and Grace Forever
We are now under grace, not law. Sin no longer has power, and condemnation is gone forever.
Romans 6:14 (KJV): “For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.”
Romans 8:1 (KJV): “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.”
Summary: The Law was the mirror showing our dirt. The sacrifices were the soap that never fully cleaned. But Jesus became the living water that washed us forever.
