I wrote these down from this podcast, and I didn’t catch exactly which book they came from, but they’re from Greg Bahnsen, who is the Einstein of Christianity.

The ten purposes of God’s law:

1. The law declares the character of God.

2. The law reveals the demands of God on our lives.

3. The law pronounces blessing on its adherents.

4. The law provides a definition of sin.

5. The law exposes infractions and convicts of sin.

6. The law works to incite rebellion in sinful men

7. The law condemns all transgression as deserving God’s wrath and curse.

8. The law drives us to Christ for salvation.

9. The law guides the sanctification of believers.

10. The law serves to restrain the evil of the unregenerate.