ve. The vehicle by which God taught people about their own sinfulness and their need for a savior was the Law in the Old Testament. However, Paul, along with the rest of the apostles, taught that salvation was impossible through obedience to the Law, even under the Old Covenant. Paul stated this in Romans 3:20, "because of the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin." He also goes on in Romans 4 to show that not even Abraham, the father of the nation of Israel, was justified before God through faith, not by works. In Timothy, when Paul uses the words "Scriptures" or "sacred writings", he is referring to the Old Testament, which of course, included the Law.
             There were several people who followed the Old Covenant, such
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