“Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.” 2Romans 7:8. for “the sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.” It was impossible that there could be a law given which could give life. But it was not necessary that there should be; and this we shall see clearly when, in the light of revelations previously made to Israel, we consider the deeper reason EVCO 289.1