The Law Works Like A Mirror

The Law Is A Mirror

When we test ourselves by God’s law, we all discover that we are guilty lawbreakers. Does this mean that the law is something bad? No, the problem is not with the law, the problem is with ourselves! "The law is HOLY, and the commandment HOLY and JUST and GOOD." (Romans 7:12). There is nothing wrong with the law! It helps us to see ourselves.

The law is a reflection of God Himself. God is holy and just and good. Our civil law is also just and good. They protect us and others. That is what the law is all about. The law shows forth God’s righteous requirements. The problem is that sinful man is unable to do what God’s holy law requires.

Think of yourself with a dirty face looking into a mirror. You might say, “What’s wrong with this mirror? This mirror shows me with a dirty face!” Nothing is wrong with the mirror. The real problem is that you have a dirty face. The good mirror shows you that you have a problem. In the same way God’s good law shows sinful man that he has a problem (see Romans 7:14--The law does not have a problem, I DO!). For we know that the law is SPIRITUAL, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

The function of a mirror is to see a reflection. It can not clean. Water can clean. We can be clean through the blood of Jesus but we must first realize we need to be cleansed.

Jesus is the WORD made flesh. The two go hand in hand. John 1 tells us that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. So the law can't be bad because the law is Jesus!

Exposure Can Bring Healing

A pastor once said that his mother told him a wound covered can not heal. It needs exposed to the air.

Mold grows in the dark. It needs exposed to the light in order to get rid of it.

Likewise, how are we to know we are dirty without comparing our actions and thought life to the law? We must see, in order to see a need to be cleaned.

Once we make it past how we see our sin, we can move on to the next step. Without seeing our sin, we stay "stuck" in our sin. Exposure to the law is the key to evaluating the problem.

Let's not be guilty of serving injustice upon the lost sinner. Our well intentions of dancing around the problem can get in the way.

Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered. Luke 11:52

The key of knowledge is the law. Without it, the people perish.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your God (Hosea 4:6)

What was the priest guilty of? NOT PRESENTING THE LAW! WOE TO MODERN EVANGELISM!

Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel, for the LORD brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "There is no truth or mercy or knowledge of God in the land. By swearing and lying, killing and stealing and committing adultery, they break all restraint,with bloodshed upon bloodshed. Therefore the land will mourn; and everyone who dwells there will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea will be taken away. Hosea 4:1-3

We can preach Jesus dying on the cross everyday, but without KNOWLEDGE of exactly how we have transgressed the Lord, we will never be able to appreciate him dying. We will see him dying in vain. The only way to make it possible for someone to see their sins is to put a mirror in front of them, the 10 Commandments.