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Law as Spiritual Mirror
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Romans 7:9  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) What Paul means by "I was alive once without the law" is that, at one time, he without the knowledge of what the law meant. It was "when the commandment came" that he understood. At this point, Paul knew that he was as good as dead because he had broken the law (Romans 6:23). John W. Ritenbaugh The Covenants, Grace and Law (Part 27)

Romans 7:9-14  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) Notice that it was not the law that killed him but sin! Plain, simple truth—sin slew him. By contrast, Paul says that the law was ordained to life. It is holy, just, good, and spiritual. That is very clear. John W. Ritenbaugh The Covenants, Grace and Law (Part 29)

James 1:22-25  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) The law of God is a spiritual mirror into which one may look to find and see clearly the spiritual dirt—sin—on one's mind and heart. The mirror is not responsible for the presence of the dirt, or for the harm the dirt may cause. The function of the mirror—the law—is to show the dirt, so that one may do something about it (repent of sin and become cleansed by Christ's blood) and thus become genuinely free from fears, from misery, from penalties of every kind, and free from bondage to the Devil's way. What Is Real Repentance?

 

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