Protect The Rule of Law: Government of Relationships (3) Loving our neighbors means that we look out for their well-being. “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from ...
Respect The Rule of Law: Government of Relationships (2) Loving our neighbor begins in respect. “Honor your father and your mother….” Exodus 20:12 The commandment to honor our parents, inculcated throughout childhood, establishes a kind of template for all our relationships with others. Implicit in the idea of “honoring” is the notion of ...
The Commanding Affection The Rule of Law: Government of Relationships (1) The Law of God is a law of love. “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge ...
Guard the Law The Rule of Law: Government of the Conscience (7) The study and keeping of God’s Law must be a high priority in our souls. “You shall therefore love the LORD your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.” Deuteronomy 11:1 All the ...
Seek Justice The Rule of Law: Government of the Conscience (6) Justice is God’s Law practiced in all human relations. “Justice and only justice shall you follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” Deuteronomy 16:20 Love and respect for our parents, learned at ...
Parents First The Rule of Law: Government of the Conscience (5) Honoring our parents and forebears teaches us self-control and love. “Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD.” Leviticus 19:3 There are two reasons why honoring our parents must ...
Conscience Training-Ground The Rule of Law: Government of the Conscience (4) The Lord’s Day should be a training-ground for the conscience. And the LORD said to Moses, “You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between ...
Bring Holiness to Completion The Rule of Law: Government of the Mind (3) We love God and neighbor by and unto holiness. “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 That the ...
Like unto the First The Rule of Law: Government of the Conscience (2) The second value is like unto the first. “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear ...
Priority One The Rule of Law: Government of the Conscience (1) Here is the governing value of the soul. “And now, O 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, to ...