Look at Acts Chapter 15, where the Council at Jerusalem makes a ruling under the auspices of the Holy Spirit as to whether Christians, especially Gentiles, have to also observe the Law.
In Galatians, Paul, who was a Jew’s Jew, studying under Gamaliel, a member of the Sanhedrin, says the the purpose of the Law was to be a schoolteacher to bring us to Christ.
Man is incapable of keeping the Law. The purpose of the Law is to show our need of a Savior.The Pharisees thought they had it down, but Jesus tweaked them real good every time they looked down their santicmonious noses at Him.
Jesus did not do away with the Law—it still stands. But he overruled the Law with a New Covenant based in grace and forgiveness secured by His sacrifice on the cross. He was able to do that because God was in Him and He in God the Father. The Holy Spirit was in Him, and so He was in the Holy Spirit as well.
Jesus followed the Golden Rule—He has the gold, so He makes the rules.
Man is condemned by the Law, but can be forgiven of the burden by Christ in a personal act of faith. Upon that hinges the freedom of the believer in Jesus Christ.
If you don’t have Law, how can you define sin?
Good post.