[Gal 3:19-25 KJV] 19 Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
The law was necessary for God to teach His creation what was right and what was wrong.
20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one.
Moses was a mediator between God and the Israelites. Jesus is the better mediator because He is God.
21 [Is] the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
The law served a purpose at the time...God is laying out His plan for mankind.
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
The law points us to righteous behavior but no man but Christ can keep the law perfectly so in God's unfolding plan faith enters.
23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
The law is confining...you either did it perfectly or you broke it and we all have broken it. Thank goodness God had a plan.
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Part of believing in Christ is recognizing we need a Savior. If we have sinned, and we all have, then we need a Savior to reconcile us back to God...to repair the broken relationship.
25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
After the cross, a new covenant was offered that made a better way because the only person capable of keeping the law kept it on our behalf.
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