We can see the work of God's Law illustrated in civil law. When there is no visible sign of law enforcement, a motorist exceeds the speed limit on a freeway. It would seem that each speeder thinks to himself that the law has forgotten to patrol his part of the freeway. He is transgressing the law by only fifteen miles an hour--and besides, he isn't the only one doing it.
Notice however what happens when the law enter the fast lane with red lights flashing. The speeder's heart misses a beat and he is no longer secure in the fact that other motorists are also speeding.
Look at the freeway of sin. The whole world naturally goes with the flow. Who hasn't had a lustful thought at one time or another? Who doesn't tell the occasional "white lie"? Who hasn't taking something that belongs to someone else, even if it's just a "white-collar" crime?
The sinner has said in his heart, "God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see" (Psalm 10:11).
Watch the Law enter as the sinner is shown the measure if his guilt in light of the Law. Every man will give an account of himself to God (see Romans 14:12). Law shows him that his mere lust becomes adultery of the heart (Matthew 5:27-28), his white lie becomes false witness; his hatred becomes murder in God's sight (1 John 3:15). "For without the Law sin is dead" (Romans 7:8). He now sees his need for the Savior.
John R. Stott said, "We cannon come to Christ to be justified until we have first been to Moses, to be condemned. But once we have gone to Moses, and acknowledged our sin, guilt, and condemnation, we must not stay there. We must let Moses send us to Christ."
Scripture tells us that we must be in the world and not of it. Don't follow the flow of what everyone else is doing or telling you to do. Follow your heart and the small voice of God's Spirit inside of you. You will be much happier in the end if you do. It will be worth anything that you might lose in the process!
*[BE.YOU]*RSELF
