Animals Rights Interpreting the Law of God (36) The Law of God protects all the creatures He loves. “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.” Deuteronomy 25:4 We are seeking to discover the best ways of making good use of the Law of God in our day. The ...
The Sabbath Year The Fourth Commandment Here is a principle of good stewardship over the land. Leviticus 25:1-7 The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the ...
For the Lord’s Pleasure Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: The Forms and Elements of Worship (2) The ceremonial laws were established to satisfy God’s demands for holiness. “When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that it may be accepted.” Leviticus 29:5 Anyone who failed ...
The Commanding Affection The Rule of Law: Government of Relationships (1) The Law of God is a law of love. “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge ...
Ready for Every Good Work Uses of the Law: To Guide Us in Doing Good (5) Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.… Titus 3:1 When I played college football we spent an awful lot of time preparing for contingencies, based ...
Sovereign Uses of the Law: Make Known the Character of God (3) The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a god merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of ...
Homosexuality and Bestiality The Seventh Commandment Leviticus 18:22 “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.” Leviticus 20:13 “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon ...
A Gracious Deliverance The First Commandment No other gods Deuteronomy 6:20-25 “When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the LORD our God has commanded you?’ then you shall say to your son, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. ...
The First Commandment No other gods Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your ...
The purpose of the Law Ezekiel 36.27 "And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes and be careful to obey My rules." 1 Thessalonians 5.19-21 Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. The Oxford English Dictionary supplies ...