The Believer and the Law – A Kingdom Catechism

The Believer and the Law

Q 19: What is the promise of the Law of God?

A 19: The promise of the Law of God is that all who walk in obedience to it will know life, peace, joy, and hope, and will evidence the glory of God. (Deut. 19:8-10; Ps. 19:4-7; 2 Cor. 3:12-18)

Q 20: Given the nature, purpose, and promise of the Law, how should the believer regard it?

A 20: The believer must embrace the Law with his whole heart, nurturing love for God’s Law, developing understanding of the Law, and delighting in the performance of it. (Rom. 3:31; Rom. 7:12; Ps. 119:112; Ps. 119:97; Ps. 1; Ps. 40:8)

Q 21: How can believers come thus to regard the Law of God?

A 21: By reading, studying, and meditating in it, hiding the Law of God in their hearts, encouraging one another in the good works it prescribes, walking in the way of love it prescribes, and teaching the Law of God as foundational to life in the Kingdom of God. (Ps. 1; Ps. 119:9-11; Col. 3:16; Eph. 2:8-10; Heb. 10:24; 1 Jn. 2:1-6; Matt. 5:17-19)

Reading and meditating on the Law of God is every believer’s duty and privilege (Ps. 1). Order your copy of The Law of God, a compendium of the commandments and precepts of God’s Law, by going to www.MyParuchia.com, point your browser to “Publications,” then click on the drop-down option, “Waxed Tablet Publications.”

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore.

T.M. Moore is editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

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