The Civil Law – A Kingdom Catechism

The Civil Law

A Kingdom Catechism

The civil laws are guides to neighbor-love.

Q 7: What is the place of the civil laws in the Law of God?

A 7: The civil laws, based on the Ten Commandments, guide the redeemed of the Lord in understanding how they must love one another and work together for justice. (Lev. 18:1-5; Deut. 16:18-20)

The civil laws of Israel encompass the precepts, rules, statutes, and testimonies of the Law of God. It was the duty of every Israelite to learn these statutes and to hold fast to them. It was the special duty of priests and heads of households to teach all the Law of God, and of the judges of Israel’s cities to be able to render decisions of law according to the teaching of these statutes.

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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.