NOTE.—Speaking of how to deal with those “who are not stricken of their sins,” and “have no deep conviction of guilt,” D. L. Moody, in his “Sermons, Addresses, and Prayers,” says: “Just bring the law of God to bear on these, and show them themselves in their true light.... Don’t try to heal the wound before the hurt is felt. Don’t attempt to give the consolation of the gospel until your converts see that they have sinned—see it and feel it.” 14. Whom does Christ say He came to call to repentance? “For I am not come to call the righteous, but _sinners_ to repentance.” Verse 13. 15. What is the strength of sin? “The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is _the law_.” 1 Cor. 15:56. 16. What are the wages of sin? “For _the wages of sin is death_; but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Rom. 6:23. 17. Could a law which condemns men give them life? “Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for _if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law_.” Gal. 3:21. 18. What, therefore, was the purpose, or special design, of the giving of the law at Sinai? “Wherefore _the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ_, that we might be justified by faith.” Verse 24. NOTES.—“What is the law of God for? for us to keep in order to be saved by it?—Not at all. It is sent in order to show us that we cannot be saved by works, and to shut us up to be saved by grace. But if you make out that the law is altered so that a man can keep it, you have left him his old legal hope, and he is sure to cling to it. You need a perfect law that shuts man right up to hopelessness apart from Jesus, puts him into an iron cage, and locks him up, and offers him no escape but by faith in Jesus; then he begins to cry, ‘Lord, save me by grace, for I perceive that I cannot be saved by my own works.’ This is how Paul describes it to the Galatians: ‘The Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.’ I say you have deprived the gospel of its ablest auxiliary when you set aside the law. You have taken away from it the schoolmaster that is to bring men to Christ. They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy law. Therefore the law serves a most necessary and blessed purpose, and it must not be removed from its place.”—_“__The Perpetuity of the Law of God,__”__ by C. H. Spurgeon, pages 10, 11._