Why is it important to focus on Jesus rather than the law for salvation?

Focusing on Jesus is crucial because the law, while it reveals God’s holiness and our sinful state, cannot provide salvation or righteousness. In Galatians, Paul makes it clear that attempting to follow the law for justification leads only to futility and guilt. Instead, we are called to flee to Christ, who has completed the work necessary for our justification. The law serves to shut us up to Christ, highlighting our inability to save ourselves and directing us to the hope found in Him alone. This is the essence of sovereign grace teaching, emphasizing that it is in Christ's finished work that we find our salvation.