The Believer and the Law of God

The Believer and the Law of God

A Kingdom Catechism

Believers must nurture a high regard for the Law of God.

Q 20:    Given the nature, purpose, and promise of the Law, how should the believer regard it?

A 20:    The believer must embrace the Law with his whole heart, nurturing love for God’s Law, developing understanding of the Law, and delighting in the performance of it. (Rom. 3:31; Rom. 7:12; Ps. 119:112; Ps. 119:97; Ps. 1; Ps. 40:8)

Just here we come to one of the greatest needs in the contemporary Church. Believers today, by and large, do not have the kind of regard for God’s Law which the Scriptures commend. We must not be afraid to read and study the Law of God, or to seek ways of applying it in our lives and times. The Law is holy and righteous and good (Rom. 7:12). The commandments define the way of love (1 Jn. 5:1-3). True believers will give themselves to the reading and study of God’s Law, so that they might delight in and love it, and bring their lives into line with its teaching (Ps. 119:59, 60) by the power of God’s Spirit and for the glory of Jesus Christ.

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

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