The Royal Law . The Law of Liberty (2) . "If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well." James 2.8 . But which law is the “royal law”, the “law of liberty”?...
A Standard for Christian Conduct . The Law of Liberty (1) . "So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty." James 2:12 . Martin Luther, the great 16th century apologist for the doctrine of justification by faith, ...
The Duty of God’s People The rule of God’s Law entails three duties. “Pay attention to all that I have said to you….” Exodus 23:13 We are beginning to see that submitting to the rule of God’s Law is much to be preferred to submitting to any other law. The Ten Commandments, and ...
The Resurrection and the Life May 20, 2012 Lesson: John 11:1–5, 20–27, 38–44 Key Verse: John 11:25 asfas Introduction Christ asked Martha, “Believest thou this?” Charles Spurgeon titled his discourse with these three words, “The Believer Catechized.” He wrote that “Faith cannot believe what it does not know, and, therefore, you have missed fat ...
The Way, The Truth, The Life May 27, 2012 Lesson: John 14:1–14 Key Verse: John 14:6 asdfas Introduction Christ testifies, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” We are also to believe that He is in the Father, and the Father in Him. ...
The Bread of Life May 6, 2012 Lesson: John 6:22—35 Key Verse: John 6:35 asdfasdf Introduction “I AM” says the Son of God, the Christ who came as the only mediator between the God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and man. When sin entered into the world (rebellion of man against his creator), man ...
Christians Know the Voice of Christ May 13, 2012 Lesson: John 10:1–18 Key Verse: John 10:4 sadf Introduction The beloved apostle recorded in his gospel: “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name” (John 20:31). ...
The Outworking of the Law This answer may seem simplistic, but it is not mean. “You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.” Leviticus 20:26 What does obedience to the rule of God’s Law yield? What benefit ...
The Motive for Obedience The meaning of God’s Law also provides the motive for our obedience. “When your son asks in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the LORD our God has commanded you?’ then you shall say to your son, ...
The End of God’s Law We should fear what this God can do to people like us. “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him….” Deuteronomy 10:12 Learning to love God can be ...