Wherefore the law, Paul says, was our to bring us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.
The law is there to teach you that you cannot yourself.
No matter how hard I try to do what's right, he says, I cannot .
For that which I do, I allow not, for what I would, that do I not, but what I hate that I .
Paul explains that God's law was given to show us we can't keep it on our own—we need a Savior. Have you ever tried to be "good enough" for God by your own efforts? What happened?
Think about a time when you wanted to do right but found yourself doing wrong anyway. How does Jesus meet you in that place of failure?