Charged with Proclamation – A Kingdom Catechism

Charged with Proclamation

A Kingdom Catechism

All believers are charged with proclaiming the Law of God.

Q 31:  Who is charged with preaching God’s Law to nonbelievers?

A 31:   All those who have been redeemed are called to be witnesses for Christ and to proclaim His Law to the nations by word and deed. (Acts 1:8; Matt. 28:18-20; Matt. 5:13-19; Mic. 4:1-5)

Because conviction of sin is essential to saving faith, the Law of God defines the nature of sin, and the Holy Spirit works with the Law of God to bring conviction to the human soul (Ezek. 36:36, 37; John 16:8-11), it is essential that believers, in proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom of God, do not omit to declare the Law of God as that which Jesus has fulfilled and which now convicts us of our need for the Savior.

In addition, without teaching from the Law of God it will be difficult to bring the benefits of that Law to the public through the medium of law and public policy. Here the believer’s focus will be on the Law’s power to define and restrain sin, and, thus, to help ensure a just social order. We must present the Law of God as the way to wisdom and a good society, and thus enable government to fulfill a measure of its divine charge (Rom. 13:1-5).

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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.