Which statement captures the relationship between salvation and the Law?

• A. Salvation was never by the Law.
• B. The Law's purpose was to bring us to Christ.
• C. The Law exposes the covenants as equal.
• D. The Law is unchanged for all people.

Answer: (A)

Salvation is not achieved by keeping the Law. The Law shows God’s perfect standard and exposes our inability to meet it, revealing our need for a Savior. Because of this, people are saved by God's grace through faith in Christ’s atoning work, not by law-keeping. The Law’s role is to point us to Christ and to heighten our awareness of sin, highlighting why faith in Jesus is the only path to righteousness. So, saying that salvation was never by the Law sums up the relationship: the Law cannot save; faith in Christ saves.