The Law of God
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Rom. 7:12
Jesus fulfilled the Law, so clearly there is wisdom and knowledge of God to be found by studying the thing which Jesus was sent to fulfill. May God open our eyes to behold the wondrous truths found in the Law which, by the grace of God, was given to Moses on Mount Sinai.
"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul" Ps. 19:7
Jesus said, "Had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?" Ponder over that for a moment. Jesus has truth for us which he very much desires to give, but to be able to receive the truth, we must prepare to receive it. And according to Jesus, learning and believing the writings of Moses is essential to that preparation. Failure to believe Moses will result in failure to believe the truth when Jesus sends it your way.
These study materials are provided to help you come to an understanding and love of the Law of God that He gave through Moses. It is the same law that is written on our hearts by the Holy Spirit in this New Testament. Much has been said against the Law of God but that is not the attitude of the righteous men of God in the Bible.
Thought for the Evening
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THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY
James 2:12
Sinners will be judged by a different standard than will God's saints. They will not be judged by the perfect law of liberty because they have never been set free. But God's children have been liberated from the power of darkness (Col. 1:13), and from bondage to the will of the flesh (Rom. 6:14). They have been made free to choose between good and evil, between doing righteousness or committing sin.
Only those whom the Son has made free (Jn. 8:36) will be judged by the perfect law of liberty. Jesus described that law to his followers during a sermon while they all sat around him on a mountain. He told them that the Law of Moses condemned people who killed but that the law of liberty would condemn people for hating others without a cause. He said that the Law of Moses condemned adulterers but that the law of liberty would condemn those who merely wanted to commit adultery. The law by which the New Testament saints will be judged encompasses the whole of man, not just the deeds that his body does. This new law judges our most inward thought. It records our intentions. The Old Testament Law could not do that.
If the blood of Christ has made you free, you no longer have any excuse for sin. In this New Covenant, we are given power over sin and are no longer subject to it. In Christ, we have been given power to live a pure and holy life. That is the standard of the perfect law of liberty. Anything but that kind of life, it will condemn in the Judgment. Sinners will not have to face that high standard in the Final Judgment, but every one of God's children will.
Have you lived according to the perfect law of liberty from sin under which we who are in Christ live? That is the standard by which we will be judged, and it is both a wonderful thing to be a part of that law and a fearful thing to think of being judged by it.