The proper preaching of the law--God's holiness, righteousness, glory, and justice--will not create an "us" versus "them" self-righteousness but will expose the best works, done from the best motives of the best among us, as filthy rags before God's searching judgment. Bad law-preaching levels some of us...omission of the law levels none of us; biblical preaching of the law levels all of us (Horton, Christless Christianity, 79).
In other words, the proper preaching of the law gives us the proper category for understanding the need for a Savior/Messiah.
You see, the law properly preached communicates bad news for sinners. However, the good news is that on judgment day God will not look at our hearts. According to Scripture, that is actually bad news. The good news is that for all who are in Christ, God looks on the heart, life, death, and resurrection of his Son and declares us righteous in him (Horton, 80).
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