The Law (Bible Knowledge)

During a press conference a reporter asked a Las Vegas sheriff what law enforcement could have done to prevent the mass shooting. Without judging the question, the sheriff simply said, “We can’t prevent something we know nothing about.” I’m reminded of Paul struggling with having a full understanding of sin, “What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “Do not covet.” But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead” (Ro 7:7-9 NIV).