The End of God’s Law The Rule of Law: First Things (4) 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 ...
Lesson #106—Prayer—Deliver Us From Evil aaa Shorter Catechism Q & A #106 Q. What do we pray for in the sixth petition? A. In the sixth petition (which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil) we pray, That God would either keep us from being tempted to ...
The General Intent of God’s Law The Rule of Law: First Things (3) The goal of God’s Law is to train us for love. “Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul ...
The Scope of God’s Law The Rule of Law: First Things (2) Jesus instituted a better covenant with better promises. “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the rules that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you.…” Deuteronomy 6:1 Before launching into a more detailed consideration of the benefits that ...
Only Two Options The Rule of Law: First Things (1) Everyone is ruled by some law, either God’s or from some other source. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. You shall not do as ...
Demand Consistency Uses of the Law: A Foundation for Justice and Salvation (7) And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to ...
All Things Good Uses of the Law: A Foundation for Justice and Goodness (6) Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. Romans 13:3, 4 Ask any public official ...
Public and Private Uses of the Law: A Foundation for Justice and Salvation (5) For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” ...
To Check the Hubris of Leaders Uses of the Law: A Foundation for Justice and Salvation (4) Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last. Acts 12:23 Few vocations seem more designed to ...
Lesson #105—Prayer: Forgive Us as We Forgive aaaaa Shorter Catechism Q & A #105 Q. What do we pray for in the fifth petition? A. In the fifth petition (which is, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors) we pray that God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon ...