16-Questions Regarding God's Law - NAS

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 And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' [38] "This is the great and foremost _commandment_. [39] "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS _YOURSELF_.' [40] "On these two _commandment_s depend the whole 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 "You shall love the LORD your God with all your _heart_ and with all your soul and with all your _might_.

Leviticus 19:18 'You shall not take _vengeance_, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as _yourself_; I am the LORD.

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

Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, "I have loved you with an _everlasting_ love; Therefore I have drawn you with _lovingkindness_.

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 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the _Prophets_; I did not come to abolish but to _fulfill_.

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

Isaiah 42:21 The LORD was pleased for His _righteousness_' sake To make the law great and _glorious_.

7. Jesus Reveals Love's Purpose.

Romans 13:10 Love does no wrong to a _neighbor_; therefore love is the _fulfillment_ of the law.

8. Love and Keeping the Commandments Go Together.

John 14:15 "If you love Me, you will _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 nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the _contrary_, we _establish_ the Law.

Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? [2] May it _never_ be! How shall we who died to sin _still_ live in it?

Romans 6:14-15 For sin shall not be _master_ over you, for you are not under law but under grace. [15] What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it _never_ be!

10. God Does Not Have Two Methods of Salvation.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, _bringing_ _salvation_ 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 The LORD God made _garments_ of skin for Adam and his wife, and _clothed_ them.

Genesis 22:9-13 Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and _arranged_ the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. [10] Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. [11] But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." [12] He said, "Do not stretch out your hand _against_ the lad, and do _nothing_ to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not _withheld_ your son, your only son, from Me." [13] Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and _behold_, _behind_ him a ram _caught_ in the _thicket_ by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt _offering_ in the place of his son.

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

Acts 4:12 "And there is _salvation_ in no one else; for there is no other name under _heaven_ that has been given among men by which 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, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON THEIR _HEARTS_. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY _PEOPLE_.

Ezekiel 36:26 "_Moreover_, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will _remove_ the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Psalms 40:8 I delight to do Your _will_, O my God; Your Law is within my _heart_."

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

Exodus 19:8 All the people _answered_ together and said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do!" And Moses _brought_ back the words of the people to the LORD.

Exodus 24:3 Then Moses came and _recounted_ to the people all the words of the LORD and all the _ordinances_; and all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which the LORD has spoken we will do!"

Exodus 24:7 Then he took the book of the _covenant_ and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will 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 fall short of the _glory_ of God,

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is _eternal_ life in _Christ_ Jesus 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 He gave the right to become _children_ of God, even to those who believe in His name,

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new _creature_; the old things passed away; _behold_, new things have come.

Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no _condemnation_ for those who are in _Christ_ Jesus.

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