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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…
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…
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…
The Scope of God’s Law Jesus instituted a better covenant with better promises. “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the rules that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you….” Deuteronomy 6:1 It’s good to remind ourselves…
Only Two Options Everyone is ruled by some law, either God’s or from some other source. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. You…
Demand Consistency Law Matters: The Law and the Nations (7) And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed…
All Things Good Law Matters: The Law and the Nations (6) Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for…
Public and Private Law Matters: The Law and the Nations (5) For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because John had been saying to him,…
To Check the Hubris of Leaders Law Matters: The Law and the Nations (4) Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his…
Christ Testifies to the Truth April 1, 2012 Lesson: John 18:28–37 Key Verse: John 18:37 aaaa Introduction Truth is a hindrance to those who believe that they alone have the answers to how we ought to live. They cry when…