They are laws for those that choose to be saved by them
Romans 2:12 All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;
Romans 3:19 Now we know thatwhatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Just as Paul had to confront Peter..Rome must be confronted with this truth
Gal 2:16nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.
The law was given because no man can keep it PERFECTLY ...and as James tells us in 2:10For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
So one lie has made one guilty of adultery, murder, idolatery etc.
So why would God give us laws that he knows we can never keep??
As Paul says he never would have known he was a sinner without the law.. because its purpose was to show us that we can nevr save ourselves
Gal3:24Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. 25But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
So my friend the saved are no longer UNDER the law..because Christ kept it perfectly for us ...does that mean the law is ignored by the saved..NO.. it still calls us to seek God when we fail.. but we know we have one that payed the price for that on the cross
If Catholics want to believe they will be judged by their law keeping..they are all damned to hell for no one can keep it..
That should be a sobering thought for anyone preaching law.