THE LAW OF GOD

STUDY – 1 THE LAW OF GOD
1- How did God proclaim His law to His people?
“And the Cord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but say no similitude; only ye heard a voice. And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, event Ten Commandments; and we wrote them upon two tables of stone.” Deuteronomy 4:12, 14. For the Ten Commandments see Exodus 20:2-17

A- NATURE OF GOD`S LAW
2- What is the nature of God’s law?
“Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” “For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.” Romans 7:12, 14.
“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul” Psalm 19:7. “Is there such a thing as a perfect law? Everything that comes from God is perfect. The law of which we are thinking came from Him. It becomes sullied in our hands. Why take from it and try to add to it, and in that way it becomes less than perfect. In a very real sense the law of God is the manifestation of the nature of the Lord. It could not more be imperfect than He is” – The Augsburg Sunday School Teacher (Lutheran). August. 1937, vol. 63, no. 8, p. 483, on the Sunday School lesson for August 15.
3- How comprehensive are these commandments?
“Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.” Ecclesiastes 12:13.
4- What inspired tribute in paid to the law of God?
“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.” Psalm 19:7,8.
Note: “Its perfection is a proof of its divinity. No human lawgiver could have given forth such a law as that which we find in the Decalogue. It is a perfect law; for all human laws that are right are to be found in that brief compendium and epitome of all that is good and excellent toward God, or between man and man.” - C.H. Spurgeon, Sermons, series 2 (1857), 280.
5- What is the essential principle of the law of God?
“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:10.
6- What two commandments sum up the law of God?
“thou shalt love the Lord thy Go with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40.
Note: If you love God with all you heart, you will keep the first table or first four: if you love your neighbours as yourself, you will keep the last six commandments.

B- PURPOSE OF LAW
7- Why should we fear God and keep His commandments?
“Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14.
8- What will be the standard in the judgment?
“So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” James 2:12.
9- What is sin declared to be?
“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” 1 John 3:4.
10- By what is the knowledge of sin?
“For by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans 3:20 – Romans 7:7.

C- DISOBEDIENCE TO LAW
11- How does the Word of God describe a transgressor of the law?
“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said. Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.” James 2:10, 11.
Note: “The tem commandments are not ten different laws; they are one law. If I am being held up in the air by a chain with ten links and I break one of them, dowy I come, just as surely as if I break the whole ten. If I am forbidden to go out of an enclosure, I t make no difference at what point I break trhough.” D.L. Moody, Weighed and Wanting. (1898 ed.), p. 119.
“The ten word of Sinai were not ten separate commandments.” Said G. Campbell Morgan, “but ten sides of one law of God.” The Ten Commandments (Revell, 1901 ed.), p. 11.
“As he (Methodist) loves God, so he keeps his commandments; not only some, or most of them, but all, from the least to the greatest. He is not content to ´keep the whole law, and offend in one point;` but has, in all point, ´a conscience void of offence towards God and towards man.” John Wesley, The Character of a methodist, in Woks, vol. 8 (1830 ed.), p. 344.
12- For what did Christ reprove the Pharisees?
“ ´Why do you, too,´He returned, ´transgress God’s commandments for the sake of your tradition?´ Matthew 15:3, Weymouth.
13- Consequently, how did Christ value their worship?
“But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Matthew 15:9.
14- Can one know God if he doesn’t keep His commandments?
“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” 1 John 2:4.

D- NECESSITY OF OBEDIENCE
15- WHAT WAS Christ’s attitude toward God’s will, or law?
“Then said I, Lo. I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me. I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” Psalm 40:7, 8. (See Hebrews 10:5).
16- Who did He say would enter the kingdom of heaven?
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 7:21.
17- What other blessing attends commandments keeping?
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom A good understanding have all they that do his commandments.” Psalm 111:10.
18- What promise is made to the willing and obedient?
“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.” Isaiah 1:19.

STUDY – 2 THE PERPETUITUY OF THE LAW
A- THE FIVER OF THE LAW
1- How many lawgivers are there?
“There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy.” James 4:12.
2- What is said of the stability of God’s a character?
“For I am the Lord, I change not.” Malachi 3:6.
3- How enduring are His commandments?
“The works of his hand are verity and judgements; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in thruth and uprithness.” Psalm 117:7, 8.
Note: “This rule is unchangeable because it is in harmony with the unchangeable nature of God…the rule of God among men in an expression of His holiness. It must be eternally what it has ever been.” O. C. S. Wallace, What Baptist Believe, p. 81. Copyriht, 1934, by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist convention. Used by permission.

B- CHRIST FULFILLS THE LAW
4- Did Christ come to abolish or to destroy the law?
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matthew 5:17.
“The moral law, contained in the Ten Commandments, and enforced by the Prophets, he did not take away. It was not the design of his coming to revoke any part of this…Every part of this law must remain in force upon all mankind, and in all ages, as hot depending either on time or place, or any other circumstances liable to change, but on the nature of God, and the nature of man, and their unchangeable relation to each other.” John Wesley, “Upon Our Lord’s sermon on the Mount,” Discourse 5, in Works vol. 5 (1829 ed.), pp. 311,312.
5- What does “fulfil” mean with reference to prophecy?
Perform, keep, or act in accordance with; as, “Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 – See Matthew 3:15; James 2:8, 9.
6- How did Christ treat His Father’s commandments?
“I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.” John 15:10.
7- If one professes to abide in Christ, how ought he to walk?
“He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.” 1 John 2:6

C- SIN AND THE LAW
8- What is sin?
“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” 1 John 3:4.
“Whosoever” likewise shows the universality of the law’s binding claims. Everyone who transgresses the law, commits sin.
9- In what condition are all men?
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23. “We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin.” Romans 3:9

D- FAITH, LOVE, AND THE LAW
10- Does faith in god make void the law?
“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.” Romans 3:31.
11- What proves the perpetuity and immutability of the law of God?
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. “Christ died for our sins.” 1 Corinthians 15:3.
Note: Could the law have been abolished, and sin been disposed of in this way, Christ need not have come and died for our sins. The gift of Christ, therefore, proves the immutability of the law of God. Christ must come and die, and satisfy the claims of the law, or the world must perish. The law could not give way. The fact that the law is to be the standard in the judgment is another proof of its enduring nature. (See Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14; James 2:8-12).
“But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer that worketh, this mans shall be blessed in his doing.” James 1:23.
12- How may we know that we have passed from death to life?
“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.” 1 John 3:14.
13- And how may we know that we love the brethren?
“By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.” 1 John 5:2.
14- What is the love of God?
“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments.” 1 John 5:3.
“We cannot conceive of an age when the moral government of the universe shall be changed, because we cannot conceive of God becoming different morally from what he is now and ever has been…This Law of God is holy as He himself is holy…It is a universal law…The Law of God is holy as He himself is holy…It is as universal law…The Law of God is just and cannot be unjust – Its justice is universal… It is more than just; it is gracious…It results in welfare, in happiness, in blessedness. It is more than negative, prohibiting wrong-doing. It is more than positive, requiring right-doing. It is liked with all the outgoing of God’s life towards man, and this means that it is linked with his great compassionate love. The law of God is full of the love of God.” O.C.S.Wallace, What Baptists Believe (Southern Baptist Sunday School Worker` Training Course textbook), pp.80-83. Copyright, 1934, by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Used by permission.
15- How are those described who will prepare for the coming of Christ?
“Here is the patience of the saints here are they that keep the commandments og God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12.

STUDY – 3 THE MORAL AND CERIMONIAL LAWS
A- THE ROYAL MORAL LAW
1- What title of distinction is given the law of God?
“If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.” James 2:8.
2- By what law is the knowledge of sin?
“I had not known sin, but by the law, for I had not known sin, but by the law: for K ha not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covert.” Romans 7:7.
Note: The law which says this is the Ten Commandments.
3- By what are all men to be finally judged?
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work in judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14. “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” James 2:12.
Note: “The law of liberty, “which says, “Do not commit adultery” and “the royal law” (verse 11), and is styled “the royal law” (verse 8), that is, the kingly law, is the bay by which men are to be judged.

B- MORAL AND CEREMONIAL CAPARED
4- By whom was the ten-commandment law proclaimed?
“And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but say no similitude; only ye heard a voice. And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.” Deuteronomy 4:12, 13.
5- How was the ceremonial law made known to Israel?
“And the Lord called unto Moses, …saying. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, if any man of you bring an offering, “ etc. Leviticus 1:1, 2. “This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offering: which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord.” Leviticus 7:37, 38.
Note: “Beside this law, commonly called moral, God was pleased to give to the people of Israel, as a church under age, ceremonial laws, containing several typical ordinances, partly of worship, prefiguring Christ, His graces, actions, sufferings, and benefits; and partly holding forth divers instructions or moral duties. All which ceremonial laws are now abrogated under the New Testament.” Westminster Confession of Faith, chap. 19, in Philip Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom (Scribners), vol. 3. p. 641.
6- On what did God write the Ten Commandments?
“And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.” Deuteronomy 4:13.
7- In what were the laws of sacrifices written?
“And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might…offer unto the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses.” 2 Chronicles 35:12.
8- Where were the Tem commandments placed?
“He…put the testimony into the ark.” Exodus 40:20.
9- Where did Moses direct his law book to be placed?
“Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God.” Deuteronomy 31:25, 26.
10- The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.” Psalm 19:7. “We know that the law is spiritual.” Romans 7:14.
Note: “The law of God is a divine law, holy, heavenly, perfect. Those who find tault with the law, or in the least degree depreciate it, do not understand its design, and have no right idea of the law itself. Paul says, “The law is holy, but I am carnal; sold under sin.´ In all we ever say concerning justification by faith, we never intend to lower the opinion which our bearers have of the law, for the law is one of the most sublime of God’s woks. There is not a commandment too many; there is not one too few; but it is so incomparable, that its perfection is a proof on its divinity.” C.H.Spurgeon, Sermons, 2d series (1857), p. 280.
11- Could offerings make perfect the believer’s conscience?
“Gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience.” Hebrews 9:9.
12- Until what time was the ceremonial law imposed?
“Meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of the reformation.” Hebrews 9:10.
13- When was this time of reformation?
“But Christ being come an high priest…having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Hebrews 9:11, 12.
14- How did Christ’s death affect the ceremonial law?
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.” Colossians 2:14. “Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances.” Ephesians 2:15.
15- What signified that the sacrificial system was ended?
“Jesus, when he had cried again with loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.” Matthew 27:50, 51.
16- In what words had the prophet Daniel foretold this?
“And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease.” Daniel 9:27.
17- Why was the ceremonial law taken away?
“There is a disannulling of a foregoing commandments because of its weakness and unprofitableness (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.” Hebrews 7:18, 19.
18- How enduring is the moral law?
“His commandments… stand fast for ever and ever.” Psalm 111:7, 8.

STUDY – 4 WHAT WAS ABOLISHED BY CHRIST?
A- PROPHETIC PREDICTION ON SACRIFICES
1- How did Calvary affect the sacrificial system?
“After threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut of…And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week eh shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease.” Daniel 9:26.

B- WHAT REALLY ENDED AT THE CROSS?
2- What did Christ abolish at the cross?
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.” Colossians 2:14. “Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.” Ephesians 2:15, 6.
Note: “By the handwriting of ordinances the apostle most evidently means the ceremonial law.” Dr. Adam Clarke, Commentary.
“Jesus did not give a new code, but he also did not say that the moral teachings of the Old Testament were suspended. The ceremonial and ritualistic laws of the Old Testament are abrogated for the Christian, but not the Ten Commandments.” J.Philip Hyatt, “God’s Decrees for Moral living.” The teacher (Baptist), October, 1943, vol. 57, no. 10, p. 5.
3- What aspects of the ceremonial system are particularly mentioned as foreshadowing Christ, and thus ending at the cross?
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in dink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” Colossians 2:16, 17.
Note: The things concerning which no man is to judge us “are a shadow of things to come.” The weekly Sabbath was given to man in Eden, not as a shadow of something to come, but as God’s memorial of His creative work.
4- What was the purpose of the sacrifices of the ceremonial system?
“For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.” Hebrews 10:1.
5- What occurred at the time of the crucifixion which indicated that the typical system had been taken away by Christ?
“The veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake.” Matthew 27:51.
6- In what language is this clearly stated?
“He said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.” Hebrews 10:8, 9.
Note: The first here refers to the typical offerings. These were taken away that the second, the all sufficient offering, the bolo of Christ, might stand forth as the true, the only sacrifice that could take away sin. To have continued the offering of animals after the cross would have been a denial that the lamb of God, whom the offerings, prefigured, had come.

C- TESTING THE ISSUE
7- How did this question confront the apostles?
“And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.” Acts 15:1. “Certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law; to whom we gave no such commandment.” Acts 15:24.
8- What decision was then reached by the apostles?
“For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from thins strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.” Acts 15: 28, 29.
Note: The question before the council at Jerusalem concerned the ceremonial law. Christian Gentiles and Jews were keeping the seventh-day Sabbath, and in other, matters observing the Ten Commandments for the apostle James says pointedly, “Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” James 2:10.
9- Of what was Stephen accused concerning the Mosaic law?
“And set up false witnesses, which said. This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.” Acts 6:13, 14.
1- What similar charge was brought against Paul?
“This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.” Acts 18:13.
2- What statement did Paul make concerning his faith?
“I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all thins which are written in the law and in the prophets.” Acts 24:14.
Note: The charge against Stephen and Paul was not based upon any violation of the moral law, but upon their teaching concerning the ceremonial law; and Paul’s admission that he was guilty of what they called heresy meant simply that he differed from them as to the obligation to observe any longer the ceremonial law, which was imposed upon them “until the time of reformation.” The simple fact that such charges were made against these able teachers of the gospel shows that in their view the ceremonial law had been abolished by the death of Christ.

STUDY – 5 THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL
A- THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW
1- What is the purpose of the law?
“By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans 3:20.
2- How particular is God concerning Christian conduct?
“Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” James 2:10.

B- CHRIST SAVES MAN, MAGNIFIES LAW
3- What is the gospel declared to be?
“I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every on that believeth.” Romans 1:16.
4- What is the significance of the name Jesus?
“Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21.
5- In whom is this power to save from sin revealed?
“We preach…Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:23, 24.
6- How was Christ’s attitude toward God’s law foretold?
“It is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” Psalm 40:7, 8.
7- What does Christ promise of the new covenant?
“But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant.” “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their heart.” Hebrews 8:6, 10.
8-What must we do in order to benefit by Christ’s work?
“Whit the heart man believeth unto righteousness: and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:10.
9- For what did the apostle Paul trust Christ?
“I count all things but loss…that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.” Philippians 3:8, 9.
10- Does the faith which brings righteousness abolish the law?
“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.” Philippians 3:31.
“The law demands obedience, but cannot produce it; it is holy in itself, but it cannot make us holy; it convinces of sin, but it cannot cure it; it reveals the disease, but it cannot provide the remedy; while the gospel both requires and enables, saves and sanctifies (Rom. 3:19-22; 4:15; 5:20, 21; 7:7-13; 2 Cor. 3:7-9; Gal. 3:21-24; 1 Tim. 1:8-11)…
“The gospel shows us the Saviour whom we need, and declares that He has fully obeyed the precepts of the law by his spotless life as our great representative, as well as completely exhausted its penalties through His atoning death as our great substitute (2 Cor. 5:21)…Divine justice and righteousness have been more entirely vindicated through His work for men than they could have been by the obedience or sufferings of the whole human race!
11- What did Christ take away?
“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29.
12- What has Christ abolished?
“Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.” 2 Timothy 1:10.
Note: “Man…needs to be solemnly reminded that the law of the spirit of life in Christ sets him free from the law of sin and death, but not from the law of God.” G. Campbell Morgan, The Ten Commandments (Revell, 1901 ed.), p. 12.
13- What change is brought about through the gospel?
“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 3:18.
Note: It is sometimes claimed that Christ changed, abolished, or took away the law, and put the gospel in its place; but this shows a misapprehension of the real work of Christ. The individual believer is changed by beholding the glory revealed in the gospel (2 Corinthians 4:4; John 1:14); death has been abolished through the death of Christ, and sin has been taken away by the great Sin Bearer; but the law of God still remains unchanged as the very foundation of His throne.
14- What spiritual interpretation did Christ give to the sixth and seventh commandments?
“Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. “ Matthew 5:21, 22. “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you. That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” Matthew 5:27, 28.
15- Of what prophecy was this teaching a fulfilment?
“The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.” Isaiah 42:21.
Note: Christ not only gave a spiritual interpretation to the law, and Him self thus observed it, but He showed the holiness and the immutable nature of the law by dying on the cross to pay the penalty of its transgression. In this way, above all, He magnified the law.

C- GRACE AND THE LAW
16- On what basis was Abraham accounted righteous?
“For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.” Romans 4:3.
17- What scripture cuts off all hope justification by works?
“By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans 3:20.
18- In what way are all believers in Jesus justified?
“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:24.
19- Is the believer expected to go on in sin after this?
“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” Romans 6.1, 2.
20- What was Christ’s personal attitude toward the law?
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matthew 5:17. “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.” John 15:10.
21- What scripture shows that God’s remnant people will understand the proper relation between law and gospel?
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12.
Note: “God has not left men enmeshed in their own disobedience – He has provided a way of restoration. This is not by pulling the heavenly standard down to the level of our guiltiness and weakness, but by lifting men up to the level of the eternal standard of his holiness…This restoration is restoration to a state of obedience to the Law…
“The atonement of Jesus Christ… bears an eternal relation to the Law of god, the Law which is holy, just and good…´As the believer is´ delivered by the work of Christ from the penalty of a broken law, and given a new heart by the Holy Spirit, by which he loves the way of obedience that once he shunned, the Law and the gospel are seen working in glorious harmony for the blessing of the redeemed man.
“To achieve this is the one great purpose of the proclamation of the gospel.” O.C.S.Wallace., What Baptists Believe, pp. 83, 84. Copyright, 1934, by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Used by permission.