The Preaching and Teaching of God’s Law (4) – A Kingdom Catechism

The Preaching and Teaching of God’s Law (4)

Q 40: How may believers have confidence that they can learn to walk in God’s Law?

A 40: Believers may have confidence in their ability to learn and walk in God’s Law because the Spirit of God is at work within them, making them willing and able to obey the Law. (Ezek. 36:26, 27; Phil. 2:12, 13; Eph. 3:20)

Q 41: How does the Spirit teach us to obey God’s Law?

A 41: As we read and meditate in God’s Law, and listen to faithful teaching, the Spirit of God compares Scripture with Scripture to bring us into the glory of God, where we are convicted, instructed, and empowered to walk in obedience to God’s Law. (1 Cor. 2:12, 13; 2 Cor. 3:12-18)

Q 42: How does it become apparent that the Spirit is teaching us the Law of God?

A 42: It becomes apparent that we are learning from God’s Spirit as we lay aside old ways of living, and, by the work of God’s Spirit, evidence the fruit, gifts, holiness, and power for witness that the Spirit is working to bring forth in us. (Eph. 4:17-24; Gal. 5:22, 23; 1 Cor. 12:7-11; 2 Cor. 7:1; Acts 1:8)

Reading and meditating on the Law of God is every believer’s duty and privilege (Ps. 1). Order your copy of The Law of God, a compendium of the commandments and precepts of God’s Law, by going to www.MyParuchia.com, point your browser to “Publications,” then click on the drop-down option, “Waxed Tablet Publications.”

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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.

Editor’s note: The use of a translation other than the Authorised Version in an article does not constitute an endorsement in whole or in part by The Christian Observer.