(Rom 7:1) “Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?” God’s laws are mandatory, not suggestions. Furthermore it condemns, for no one can keep it to perfection: “and that all the world may become guilty before God.” (Rom 3:19c). It’s purpose – turn our hearts to the only Savior Jesus Christ!