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Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. In Deuteronomy 6:1 -–3 we read of laws, commands, commandments, decrees, and statutes: “Now this is the commandment —the statutes and the rules —that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you” (HCSB, verse 1, emphasis added). Other translations use words like decrees or laws.
Oct 28, 2021 · God’s commands are His laws. God gave Adam and Eve the free will to choose to obey the command, or to break the law. They chose disobedience and transgressed, or violated God’s law. As 1 John 3:4 says, “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.”.
Oct 12, 2010 · In some instances the word law refers to the Old Testament Scriptures, and the focus is on the Pentateuch: “the Law and the Prophets” (Matt. 5:17; 7:12; 22:40; Luke 16:16; 24:44; John 1:45; Acts 13:15; 24:14; 28:23; Rom. 3:21; cf. Matt. 11:13). In some texts “Law” alone seems to refer broadly to the Old Testament Scriptures (Matt. 22:36 ...
- Ps. 119:126
- Isa. 42:24
- Deut. 27:26; 29:29; 31:12; 32:46; Josh. 1:7-8
Paul says that the law is related to transgressions. A transgression is the violation of a standard. The law provides the objective standard by which the violations are measured. In order for sinners to know how sinful they really are, how far they deviate from God's standards, God gave the law.
- The Law as The Old Testament
- The Law as The Mosaic Law
- Other Meanings of Law
The Hebrew word for “law” is torah and the Greek word is nomos. The basic meaning is to provide direction or instruction. The English word “law” occurs over 400 times in the Bible. Sometimes the word “law” simply refers to the entire Old Testament. For example, in John 12:34 the crowd tells Jesus that they heard in the Law that the Christ would rem...
The Law can also refer to the Mosaic Law. It was given to Moses when he was on Mount Sinai. That is the message of Exodus 24:12. In this passage we are told that Moses was given the Ten Commandments. The commandments are the most well-known part of the Mosaic Law. But notice that God also gave “the law” along with the stone tablets or the Ten Comma...
We have seen that the “Law” can refer to the entire Old Testament or the just the Mosaic Law. But the “Law” has other meanings in the New Testament. In Romans 3:27 the expression “law of faith” refers to the fact that salvation or the forgiveness of our sins is only by faith. In Romans 7:23-24 we are introduced to “another law” which is the “law of...
Jul 8, 2019 · 1 Corinthians 14:34 has no relation to the Talmud or Torah in any shape or form and is entirely a Christian discourse, Paul also uses the word ekklesiais, which usually referred to the new Christian churches.
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“The law of liberty is the law which defines our relationship to God and man as love-mastered. To speak and do under that impulse, is to be free indeed. If that law be disobeyed, if no mercy be shown, then judgment based upon that law will show no mercy.” (Morgan)
