1 Timothy 1:8 states, “But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully.” This verse indicates that the law is good but it also implies that the law can be misused. People sometimes apply the law in an “unlawful” way—a way that is contrary to God’s intention. Perhaps the worst misuse of the law of God is when people think that they can earn a place in heaven by obedience to the law. This is simply not true. Since the fall of man into sin, it has never been appropriate to try to use the law to save yourself. The law itself tells us this; for it is the law that specified the need for blood atonement (e.g., Leviticus 17:11), which points to the work of Christ on the Cross (Colossians 2:17).