The Schoolmaster Many Christians do not understand the role of the law. They read texts like Galatians 2:16 that says: 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Galatians 2:16 And then just a few verses later the apostle Paul says: 19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. Galatians 2:19 If we are not justified by the works of the law and if we are dead to the law then what is the role of the law in the Christian’s life? Today I’d like to answer these questions with God’s word. But in order to understand the Bible we need to know how to study the Bible. The bible tells us in 2 Timothy 2:15: 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the wor