WHY DID GOD NEED TO WRITE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ON STONE?
GALATIANS 3:24 “The law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.” Little children must be taught by simple means. You cannot just tell a child to eat healthfully. You must explain what foods are good for him. Just so, you cannot tell a spiritual infant to love God and man unselfishly. He would have no idea what that means. The law is like a mirror (James l:23-25). A mirror tells you when you’re dirty, but the mirror can’t make you clean. And destroying the mirror won’t make you any cleaner. Paul says of his mission: “that I might gain (convert) them that are without law” (I Cor 9:21). The pagans didn’t know they were sinful. They had no standard, and no mirror. So they felt no need of a Saviour. ROMANS 3:20 “For by the law is the knowledge of sin.” ROMANS 7:7 “Is the law sin? No! I had not known sin but by the law.” I JOHN 3:4 “sin is the transgression of the law” ROMANS 5:13 “sin is not imputed when there is no law.” The law defines sin. It tell
