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 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 It’s good to remind ourselves what we mean by “the Law of God.” In the Old Testament, God’s ...
Only 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 ...
Demand Consistency Law Matters: The Law and the Nations (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 the law, and ...
All Things Good Law Matters: The Law and the Nations (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 whether he wants to ...
Public and Private Law Matters: The Law and the Nations (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.” Matthew 14:3, 4 The ...