The Law causes us to focus on ourselves and our performance. From self-judgement we determine if we have been good (the fruit being self-righteousness) or evil (the fruit being guilt & condemnation).
It will point a humble heart to the need of a Savior.
Here are 42 scriptures that show why Christians are not under the law:
1. The law cannot justify you from all things. (Acts 13:39)
2. The law required physical circumcision of all males. (Acts 15:1,24)
3. The law is an unbearable yoke. (Acts 15:10)
4. Whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law. (Romans 3:19)
5. The law exposes sin, but can’t bring justification. (Romans 3:20)
6. If the law worked faith would be void and the promises of no effect. (Romans 4:14)
7. The law brings wrath. (Romans 4:15)
8. The law entered so that sin would increase. (Romans 5:20)
9. Christians are not under the law. (Romans 6:14)
10.Christians are dead to the law. (Romans 7:4)
11.Christians have been delivered from the law (Romans 7:6)
12.The law is just, holy, good & promises life but only brings death. (Romans 7:10-12)13. 13.The law makes you sinful beyond measure. (Romans 7:13)
14. The law is the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2)
15. The law is weak. (Romans 8:3)
16. Love fulfilled the law, (Romans 13:10)
17. The law is of works, not of faith. (Romans 9:32)
18. The strength of sin is the law. (1 Corinthians 15:56)
19. The law is a ministry of death. (2 Corinthians 3:7)
20. The law is a ministry of condemnation. (2 Corinthians 3:9)
21. The law has no glory compared to the New Covenant (2 Corinthians 3:10)
22. The law is passing away. (2 Corinthians 3:11)
23. When the law is preached it produces a hardening veil. (2 Cor 3:14-15)
24. The law justifies nobody. (Galatians 2:16)
25. Christians are dead to the law. (Galatians 2:19)
26. The law frustrates grace. (Galatians 2:21)
27. To go back to the law after embracing faith is “stupid”. (Galatians 3:1)
28. The law curses all who practice it and fail to do it perfectly. (Galatians 3:10)
29. The law has nothing to do with faith. (Galatians 3:11-12)
30. The law was the curse that Christ redeemed us from. (Galatians 3:13)
31. The law was temporary from Moses till Christ. (Gal.3:16&19, Matt.11:12-13)
32. If the law worked God would have used it to save us. (Galatians 3:21)
33. The law was our prison. (Galatians 3:23)
34. The law makes you a slave. (Galatians 4:24)
35. Christ has abolished the law which was a wall of hostility. (Ephesians 2:15)
36. Paul considered everything the law gained him as rubbish. (Philippians 3:4-8)
37. The law is only good if used lawfully, to show need for a savior (1 Timothy 1:8)
38. It was made for the unrighteous but not for the righteous. (1 Timothy 1:9-10)
39. The law is weak, useless and makes nothing perfect. (Hebrews 7:18-19)
40. God found fault & created a better covenant, on better promises. (Hebrews 8:7-8)
41. It is obsolete, growing old and ready to vanish. (Hebrews 8:13)
42. It is only a shadow of good things & will never make someone perfect. (Heb. 10:1)