Free to Know Truth – The Law of Liberty (23)

Free to Know Truth

The Law of Liberty (23)

Readers will gain a better perspective on the main teaching of this series by reading The Ground for Christian Ethics, by T. M. Go to www.MyParuchia.com, click Publications, then click Waxed Tablet, and scroll down until you see this little volume.

…the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple… Psalm 19:7

Fundamental to the tactics of the devil is casting doubt on God’s Word. So we see him in the Garden, challenging the certainty with which Eve explained God’s laws. He does the same thing yet today, causing believers to question the reliability of Scripture by a number of ways. You will hear his voice whispering in your soul, “No one else believes this.” “Does this jive with what science teaches?” “Don’t you think that’s a little extreme?” “Oh, God surely could not want me to do that!”

In these and a hundred other ways the devil seeks to challenge the truth and authority of Scripture in the mind of the believer, causing us to hesitate in obedience or to walk a path contrary to the plain teaching of the Lord. The Law of liberty comes to our aid at this point. For it is sure and can make us wise when we approach it in simplicity and faith.

The Law is a kind of cornerstone of revelation. It is the touchstone to which we return whenever we aren’t sure about the teaching of Scripture elsewhere. Thus, when Jesus was confronted by the devil in the wilderness, He fell back on the Law of God three times–including one time when He used the Law to correct the devil’s attempt to wrest the psalms to his own advantage (Matt. 4:1-11).

By consulting the Law of God–the commandments and statutes, in the redemptive context in which they were given–we may know for sure what the teaching of Scripture is in any other place. Thus we may refute the devil’s many questions and challenges and stand secure in the plain teaching of the Word of God. We do not need to be in doubt about the teaching of Scripture. “To the Law and the testimonies” must be our cry as we return to the foundations of divine revelation to discern the truth and meaning of all the rest.

But we must come humbly to the Law, in faith that God can make it plain to us and help us to understand how we must apply it in our own lives. As we do, we will find all doubts about the teaching of other Scriptures beginning to subside, and our confidence in God and His wisdom growing more and more.

Daily meditation in the Law of God helps us along the path of holiness, righteousness, and goodness (Rom. 7:12). Order your copy of The Law of God, a compilation of the Mosaic Law for contemporary believers, and The Ground for Christian Ethics, by T. M. Go to www.MyParuchia.com, click Publications, then click Waxed Tablet, and scroll down until you see these companion volumes.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore.

T.M. Moore is editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.