A Substitute for Sound Teaching Law Matters The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion, desiring to be teachers of the law…. 1 Timothy 1:5, 6 We might ...
Vaunt Not Law Matters Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion, desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions. 1 Timothy 1:6, 7 It is unlawful not to use the Law of God. ...
No Righteousness but Christ’s Law Matters If, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. Romans 5:17 The righteousness of Jesus Christ is the basis ...
Not unto Salvation Law Matters For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not as a result of works, so that no one may boats. Ephesians 2:8, 9 Many contemporary Christians apparently cannot think about the Law of God ...
Unlawful Not To Law Matters Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully…. 1 Timothy 1:8 The Law of God, Paul explains, is good if one uses it lawfully. This suggests that there are unlawful uses of the Law, and it would seem to be a good idea to ...
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 ...