“And let it be observed that the law did not answer this end merely among the Jews, in the days of the apostles: it is just as necessary to the Gentiles, to the present hour. Nor do we find that true repentance takes place where the moral law is not preached and enforced. Those who preach only the gospel to sinners, at best only heal the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly.”—_Dr. Adam Clarke, on Rom. 7:13 (edition 1860)._ Commenting on Gal. 3:23, Mr. Spurgeon, in his “Sermon Notes,” CCXII, says: “Here we have a condensed history of the world before the gospel was fully revealed by the coming of our Lord Jesus.... The history of each saved soul is a miniature likeness of the story of the ages.” That is, in his experience, each individual that is saved is first in darkness; he then comes to Sinai and learns that he is a sinner; this leads him to Calvary for the pardon of his sins, and so to full and final salvation. Penalty For Transgression [Illustration.] Destruction Of Korah, Dathan, And Abiram. "The wages of sin is death." Rom. 6:23. 1. What is the wages of sin? “For the wages of sin is _death_.” Rom. 6:23. 2. What did God tell Adam and Eve would be the result if they transgressed, and partook of the forbidden fruit? “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof _thou shalt surely die_.” Gen. 2:17. 3. Who does God say shall die? “_The soul that sinneth_, it shall die.” Eze. 18:4. 4. How did death enter the world? “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and _death by sin_; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Rom. 5:12. 5. Why did God destroy the antediluvian world? “And _God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth_.... And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth.” Gen. 6:5-7. 6. While God is merciful, does this clear the guilty? “The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and _by no means clearing the guilty_.” Num. 14:18. See also Ex. 34:5-7. [Illustration.] The Tower Of Babel. "The Lord did there confound the language of all the earth." Gen. 11:9. 7. What is the result of wilful sin? “For _if we sin wilfully_ after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, _there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins_, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.” Heb. 10:26, 27. 8. Under the theocracy, how were the rebellious or wilful transgressors treated? “He that despised Moses’ law _died without mercy_ under two or three witnesses.” Verse 28. 9. What awaits those who despise the means of grace?