“The Law came through Moses, but grace and truth come through Jesus Christ” (John 1:7). Paul writes to the Christians in Galatia that the law was our tutor. It taught us our weakness, that we could never fulfill the righteousness of God by our own will power. The law prepared us for the good news of Salvation through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:21-25).
Paul wrote “What the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh…he condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us…” (Romans 8:2-3).
We are able to live righteous lives because Jesus sets us free from our addictions to self by causing us to face the truth and giving us grace to live in truth.
