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 ...

The General Intent of God’s Law 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 and with all your might.” Deuteronomy 6:4 Our day ...

The Scope of God’s Law 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 come to those who submit to God’s ...

Two Options 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 they do in the land of Egypt, where you ...

For the King and His Kingdom Law Matters: The Law and the King (7) All our focus and devotion must be on God’s anointed King and His Kingdom. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge ...

In the Path of the King Law Matters: The Law and the King (6) The King expects His people to travel by the King’s own path. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says, “I know him” but does not keep his ...

The King beyond the Law Law Matters: The Law and the King (5) The Law of God leads us to depend on and partake of the King of God. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—the righteousness ...

The King above the Law Law Matters: The Law and the King (4) Jesus stands above the Law of God as its Chief Interpreter. “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them…. Therefore whoever relaxes one ...