Romans 3:19-20

Romans 3:19-20. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

It is like a looking-glass that shows us our blots, but it does not wash them away. The law is the standard which shows us how short we are of God’s glory; but it does not make up our shortcomings. It is a killing, not a saving thing. By the law, no man ever was, or ever will be, saved. By the law, we guilty ones are condemned.