Law of God, The

Law of God, The

Is absolute and perpetual - Mt 5:18

GIVEN

• To Adam
- Ge 2:16,17; Ro 5:12-14
• To Noah
- Ge 9:6
• To the Israelites
- Ex 20:2-17; Ps 78:5
• Through Moses
- Ex 31:18; Joh 7:19
• Through the ministration of angels
- Ac 7:53; Ga 3:19; Heb 2:2

DESCRIBED AS

• Pure
- Ps 19:8
• Spiritual
- Ro 7:14
• Holy, just, and good
- Ro 7:12
• Exceeding broad
- Ps 119:96
• Perfect
- Ps 19:7; Ro 12:2
• Truth
- Ps 119:142
• Not grievous
- 1Jo 5:3

Requires obedience of the heart - Ps 51:6; Mt 5:28; 22:37

Requires perfect obedience - De 27:26; Ga 3:10; Jas 2:10

Love is the fulfilling of - Ro 13:8,10; Ga 3:10; Jas 2:10

It is man's duty to keep - Ec 12:13

Man, by nature, not in subjection to - Ro 7:5; 8:7

Man cannot render perfect obedience to - 1Ki 8:46; Ec 7:20; Ro 3:10

Sin is a transgression of - 1Jo 3:4

All men have transgressed - Ro 3:9,19

Man cannot be justified by - Ac 13:39; Ro 3:20,28; Ga 2:16; 3:11

Gives the knowledge of sin - Ro 3:20; 7:7

Works wrath - Ro 4:15

Conscience testifies to - Ro 2:15

Designed to lead to Christ - Ga 3:24

OBEDIENCE TO

• A characteristic of saints
- Re 12:17
• A test of love
- 1Jo 5:3
• Of prime importance
- 1Co 7:19

Blessedness of keeping - Ps 119:1; Mt 5:19; 1Jo 3:22,24; Re 22:14

CHRIST

• Came to fulfil
- Mt 5:17
• Magnified
- Isa 42:21
• Explained
- Mt 7:12; 22:37-40

The love of, produces peace - Ps 119:165

SAINTS

• Freed from the bondage of
- Ro 6:14; 7:4,6; Ga 3:13
• Freed from the curse of
- Ga 3:13
• Have, written on their hearts
- Jer 31:33; Heb 8:10
• Love
- Ps 119:97,113
• Delight in
- Ps 119:77; Ro 7:22
• Prepare their hearts to seek
- Ezr 7:10
• Pledge themselves to walk in
- Ne 10:29
• Keep
- Ps 119:55
• Pray to understand
- Ps 119:18
• Pray for power to keep
- Ps 119:34
• Should remember
- Mal 4:4
• Should make the subject of their conversation
- Ex 13:9
• Lament over the violation of, by others
- Ps 119:136

THE WICKED

• Despise
- Am 2:4
• Forget
- Ho 4:6
• Forsake
- 2Ch 12:1; Jer 9:13
• Refuse to hear
- Isa 30:9; Jer 6:19
• Refuse to walk in
- Ps 78:10
• Cast away
- Isa 5:24

Is the rule of life to saints - 1Co 9:21; Ga 5:13,14

Is the rule of the judgment - Ro 2:12

To be used lawfully - 1Ti 1:8

Established by faith - Ro 3:31

Punishment for disobeying - Ne 9:26,27; Isa 65:11-13; Jer 9:13-16