What purpose does the law serve today?

What status did its beneficiaries enjoy?

To what and why was the law added?

The fact that the New Testament believer's allegiance must be to the doctrines of the better or superior covenant of the grace of GOD, and not to those of the old covenant, called the law, is seen by studying Hebrews chapters one, two and eight, through ten, accordingly.

Because of  what GOD has done for us In Christ, as described in Proof No. 1; to walk uprightly , therefore, Is to walk according to the truth of the gospel (Gal 2:14), and NOT according to the dictates of the Law, even the First covenant, from which we were delivered (Rom 7:6).

In light of the superiority of the new and better covenant of the grace of GOD (Heb. 8:6-7), over the old covenant called the  Law of GOD (Deut 4:13; 2 Chron 33:8), New Testament believers' allegiance must inevitably be to Christ and his new testament directives, instead of to old testament ones, which, although were appropriate for old testament times, are, in many instances, unsuited for the new testament believer in Jesus Christ.

In addition to the previous reasons, the superiority of the grace of GOD over the law of GOD is surely established by the following text:"....But after that FAITH is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster (Gal. 3:25).

The Superiority of the Grace of GOD over the Law of GOD is undoubtedly estabished by the folowing texts: "... The Just Shall Live by Faith (Gal. 3:11), but we are also informed that "... The Law is not of Faith ...." (Gal. 3:12).

Since the righteousness which the law gives is self righteousness (Deut. 6:25; Phil. 3:9a) it is evident that the righteousness of the law must be inferior to the righteousness of faith, the latter being a derivative of GOD's divine nature. Because of this fact, St. Paul chose the latter and despised the former (Phil 3:9).