16-Questions Regarding God's Law - KJV

1. Didn't Jesus Come to Do Away with the Ten Commandments and Establish a New Commandment of Love? Didn't He Say Just to Love God and Our Neighbors?

Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. [38] This is the first and great _commandment_. [39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy _neighbour_ as thyself. [40] On these two _commandment_s hang all the law and the _prophets_.

2. It May Surprise You to Discover That Jesus Was Summarizing the Law As Given in the Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine _heart_, and with all thy soul, and with all thy _might_.

Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the _children_ of thy people, but thou shalt love thy _neighbour_ as thyself: I am the LORD.

3. The God of the Old Testament Was a God of Everlasting Love.

Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an _everlasting_ love: _therefore_ with loving kindness have I drawn thee.

4. Jesus Declared, "On These Two Commandments (Love for God and Fellow Man) Hang All the Laws and the Prophets. ".".

5. Did Jesus Come to Destroy the Law?

Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the _prophets_: I am not come to destroy, but to _fulfil_.

6. Jesus Came to Magnify the Meaning of the Law.

Isaiah 42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his _righteousness_ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it _honourable_.

7. Jesus Reveals Love's Purpose.

Romans 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his _neighbour_: therefore love is the _fulfilling_ of the law.

8. Love and Keeping the Commandments Go Together.

John 14:15 If ye love me, _keep_ my _commandments_.

9. Paul States in No Uncertain Terms That the Law Is Not Made Void Through Faith.

Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God _forbid_: yea, we _establish_ the law.

Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we _continue_ in sin, that grace may abound? [2] God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer _therein_?

Romans 6:14-15 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. [15] What then? shall we sin, _because_ we are not under the law, but under grace? God _forbid_.

10. God Does Not Have Two Methods of Salvation.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth _salvation_ hath _appeared_ to all men,

11. In the Old Testament Men and Women Were Saved by the Christ That Was to Come. Each Lamb Sacrificed Pointed Forward to the Coming Messiah.

Genesis 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of _skins_, and _clothed_ them.

Genesis 22:9-13 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. [10] And Abraham _stretched_ forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. [11] And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. [12] And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, _neither_ do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou _fearest_ God, seeing thou hast not _withheld_ thy son, thine only son from me. [13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and _behold_ _behind_ him a ram _caught_ in a _thicket_ by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt _offering_ in the stead of his son.

12. In the New Testament Men and Women Are Saved by the Christ Who Has Come.

Acts 4:12 Neither is there _salvation_ in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, _whereby_ we must be saved.

13. With Jesus, There Is a New Power in a Person's Life.

Hebrews 8:10 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 _hearts_: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a _people_:

Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new _spirit_ will I put within you: and I will take away the _stony_ heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Psalms 40:8 I _delight_ to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my _heart_.

14. Under the Old Covenant, Israel Promised to Obey God's Commandments in Their Own Strength.

Exodus 19:8 And all the people answered _together_, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses _returned_ the words of the people unto the LORD.

Exodus 24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the _judgments_: and all the people _answered_ with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

Exodus 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the _audience_ of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be _obedient_.

15. All Attempts at External Conformity to God's Law Lead to Frustration and Defeat. The Law Which We Cannot Keep in Our Own Strength Condemns Us.

Romans 3:23 For all have _sinned_, and come short of the _glory_ of God;

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is _eternal_ life through Jesus _Christ_ our Lord.

16. Under the New Covenant, We Belong to a New Master-Jesus Christ. We Have a New Heart and a New Understanding Before God.

John 1:12 But as many as _received_ him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that _believe_ on his name:

2 Corinthians 5:17 _Therefore_ if any man be in Christ, he is a new _creature_: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Romans 8:1 There is _therefore_ now no _condemnation_ to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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