Civil Statutes The Law of God: Questions and Answers The civil laws of Israel aid in applying the Ten Commandments. Question: What do you mean by “Law”? “Now these are the rules that you shall set before them.” Exodus 21:1 Immediately upon giving the Ten Commandments to Moses, the Lord instructed him in building an ...
The Ten Commandments The Law of God: Questions and Answers The Ten Commandments are the foundation of God’s Law. Question: What do you mean by “Law”? So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of ...
Reminder of Wrath The Law of God: Question and Answers The Law reminds us of the power and wrath of God. Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? “You shall therefore love the LORD your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. And consider today (since ...
Longing for the Spirit The Law of God: Questions and Answers The Law points forward to a season of greater grace. Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? “And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God ...
The Seriousness of Sin The Law of God: Questions and Answers Sin is serious business. Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.” Leviticus 19:2 Sin is affront ...
A Contemporary Equivalent The Law of God: Questions and Answers The Law was a form of “martial law.” Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.” Matthew 19:8 Divorce ...
The Hardness of Hearts (2) The Law of God: Questions and Answers The harshness of God’s Law protected Israel from pagan brutality. Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? “But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed. And he ...
Hardness of Hearts (1) The Law of God: Questions and Answers Israel had no heart for obedience. Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? “Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments….” Deuteronomy 5:29 Harsh punishments, or at least the threat of ...
The Law of Love The Law of God: Questions and Answers Though harsh in places, the Law is a Law of love. Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? “If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning ...
Salvation: Not by Works, But unto Them The Law of God: Question and Answers The Law marks the pathway into Kingdom living. Question: What does Paul mean when he says that we’re not under Law but under grace? For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; ...