Proclaiming the Law of God

Proclaiming the Law of God

A Kingdom Catechism

Teach the Law by word and deed.

Q 27:    How should believers proclaim the Law of God to nonbelievers?

A 27:    Believers proclaim the Law of God as a prelude or precondition for the proclamation of the Gospel. (Matt. 19:16-22; Rom. 3:19-31)

Christians understand that the Law of God is not the way to salvation, either for individuals or nations. They do not teach and work for the implementation of God’s Law in civil statutes in the belief that by so doing they will bring salvation to their nation.

Rather, as people live by the Law of God, their hearts – where the works of the Law have been written by God – are shaped and reminded of the way of righteousness, and they are able to recognize sin and of its presence in their lives. Further, they are given the opportunity of knowing the grace of God which comes to them even apart from faith in Him, as He protects and blessings them by the restraining power of the Law. Thus they may be better prepared for the preaching of the Gospel, and to embrace Jesus Christ and His righteousness as their only true hope.

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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.