What is the Law's instructive role in relation to Christ?

• A. It was a 'schoolmaster' to prepare us for Sonship in Christ.
• B. It was the source of eternal life.
• C. It had no connection to Christ.
• D. It established a new covenant.

Answer: (A)

The law’s instructive role is to act as a tutor that leads us to Christ and prepares us for Sonship in Him. It exposes sin and shows that righteousness can’t be earned by works, which drives us to rely on faith in Jesus for justification. This is why the law is described as a schoolmaster bringing us to Christ so that we might be justified by faith. Once faith comes, we are no longer under that tutor, meaning believers live by faith in Christ rather than by the law. The law isn’t the source of eternal life; eternal life comes through faith in Christ. It does have a connection to Christ because it points forward to Him and His righteous standard, while the new covenant is established by Christ’s work, not by the law itself.