Category Bible Study

A Check on Lust The Rule of Law: Government of the Heart (5) The Law teaches us to control our fleshly desires. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant,…

A Check on Hate The Rule of Law: Government of the Heart (4) The Law is designed to bridle our tendency to hate wrongly. “You shall not hate your brother in your heart.…” Leviticus 19:17 The opposite affection to love…

The Commanding Affections The Rule of Law: Government of the Heart (3) Two affections above all must shape the desires of your hearts. “And now, O Israel, what does the LORD require of you, but to fear the LORD your…

What to Desire The Rule of Law: Government of the Heart (2) The Law trains our hearts to desire what we should. “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the rules that the LORD your God commanded me to…

Take It to Heart The Rule of Law: Government of the Heart (1) Set your heart on the Law of God. “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.” Deuteronomy 6:6 The heart is the…

This Is Life! The Rule of Law: Government of the Soul (7) This is the way we’re meant to live. “You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I…

True Righteousness The Rule of Law: Government of the Soul (6) Here is true righteousness, indeed. “And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as he has…

The Necessity of the Spirit The Rule of Law: Government of the Soul (5) We cannot submit our hearts, minds, and consciences to God’s rule apart from His Spirit. “And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the…

All Your Conscience The Rule of Law: Government of the Soul (4) Living by God’s Law must be our highest priority. “You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.…