The Purpose of the Law

Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Introduction The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians is a three-fold letter. The first two chapters are Personal and here, Paul discusses his life before salvation as a Pharisee, his zeal about the Law, his passion about wiping out Christ and the name Christ from off the surface of the earth a...