1. Why Do We Need Laws?
Romans 7:1-14

2. Why do we need laws? Law Defines Right and Wrong - Romans 7:7-13
God’s Law Called Truth – Psalm 119:142
Justice Demands Law Must Define as Sinful Before it Will be Counted Against us – Romans 5:1
Sin Defined: 1 John 3:4 “lawlessness”
Sin Dies Without Law – Romans 7:8
Deuteronomy 1:39

3. Why do we need laws? God to Adam & Eve – Genesis 2:16,17
They Broke The Commandment – Romans 5:12
There Has Always Been Law – Romans 5:12,13
Genesis 4:7 “sin lies at the door”
Sin Doesn’t Exist Without The Presence of Law
Romans 2:14-16 “who show the work of the law written in their hearts”

4. Why do we need laws? Other Purposes of The Law Tutor – Galatians 3:24
Aware of Danger Before We Actually Commit Them - Romans 7:7,8
Law a Testimony of God – Psalm 19:7; 78:1-7
Law Provided Evidence – Ezekiel 39:27-29
Law Proves Need for a Savior – Galatians 3:22
We All Sin – Romans 3:23
Extent of Our Misery – Roman 5:20,21

5. Why do we need laws? Law Cannot Make a Person Right – Galatians 3:21
Weakness in The Law – Hebrews 7:18,19
Law Holy, But Miserable Sinners Could Not Keep it – Romans 7:14
God Established a Way to Save Man That Didn’t Require Perfect Law Keeping – Galatians 2:16,17
Must Stop Sinning – Romans 6:1,2

6. Why do we need laws? Cannot Willfully Break Laws – John 14:15
His Commandments Are Not Burdensome – 1 John 5:3
They Exist For Our Benefit
They Teach us How to Please Our God
The Part We Could Not do – God Has Done For us
He Sent His Son to Pay Our Debt of Sin
All He Asks in Return is Faithful Obedience to His Will