The Seriousness of Sin The Law of God: Questions and Answers Sin is serious business. Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.” Leviticus 19:2 Sin is affront ...
A Contemporary Equivalent The Law of God: Questions and Answers The Law was a form of “martial law.” Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.” Matthew 19:8 Divorce ...
The Hardness of Hearts (2) The Law of God: Questions and Answers The harshness of God’s Law protected Israel from pagan brutality. Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? “But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed. And he ...
Hardness of Hearts (1) The Law of God: Questions and Answers Israel had no heart for obedience. Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? “Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments….” Deuteronomy 5:29 Harsh punishments, or at least the threat of ...
The Law of Love The Law of God: Questions and Answers Though harsh in places, the Law is a Law of love. Question: Why is the Law of God so harsh? “If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning ...
Salvation: Not by Works, But unto Them The Law of God: Question and Answers The Law marks the pathway into Kingdom living. Question: What does Paul mean when he says that we’re not under Law but under grace? For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; ...
No Salvation in Pedigree or Culture The Law of God: Questions and Answers The grace of salvation transcends ethnicity and culture. Question: What does Paul mean when he says that we’re not under Law but under grace? This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant ...
What Paul Cannot Mean (5) The Law of God: Questions and Answers The Law is integral to life in the Kingdom. Question: What does Paul mean when he says that we’re not under Law but under grace? For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and ...
What Paul Cannot Mean (4) The Law of God: Questions and Answers The Law contains the mind of the Spirit. Question: What does Paul mean when he says that we’re not under Law but under grace? To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is ...
What Paul Cannot Mean The Law of God: Questions and Answers The Law is good for you. Really. Question: What does Paul mean when he says that we’re not under Law but under grace? So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Romans 7:12 Paul insists that we are ...