16-Questions Regarding God's Law - NKJ

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 to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' [38] This is the first and great _commandment_. [39] And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' [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 You shall love the LORD your God with all your _heart_, with all your soul, and with all your _strength_.

Leviticus 19:18 You shall not take _vengeance_, nor bear any grudge against the children 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 has appeared of old to me, saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an _everlasting_ love; Therefore with _lovingkindness_ I have drawn you.

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 destroy the Law or the _Prophets_. I did not come to destroy but to _fulfill_.

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

Isaiah 42:21 The Lord is well pleased for His _righteousness_' sake; He will exalt the law and make it _honorable_.

7. Jesus Reveals Love's Purpose.

Romans 13:10 Love does no harm 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, _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? _Certainly_ not! On the contrary, we _establish_ the law.

Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we _continue_ in sin that grace may abound? [2] _Certainly_ not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

Romans 6:14-15 For sin shall not have dominion 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? _Certainly_ not!

10. God Does Not Have Two Methods of Salvation.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that brings _salvation_ has _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 Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made _tunics_ of skin, and _clothed_ them.

Genesis 22:9-13 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. [10] And 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! So he said, Here I am. [12] And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do _anything_ 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 lifted his eyes and _looked_, and there _behind_ him was a ram _caught_ in a _thicket_ by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt _offering_ _instead_ of his son.

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

Acts 4:12 Nor is there _salvation_ in any other, for there is no other name under _heaven_ 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 in their mind and write them on their _hearts_; and I will be their God, and they shall be My _people_.

Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new _spirit_ within you; I will take the heart of _stone_ out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Psalms 40:8 I delight to do Your _will_, O my God, And 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 Then all the people _answered_ together and said, All that the LORD has spoken we will do. So Moses _brought_ back the words of the people to the LORD.

Exodus 24:3 So 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 has said we will do.

Exodus 24:7 Then he took the Book of the _Covenant_ and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, All that the LORD has said we will 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 fall short of the _glory_ of God,

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the 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, to those who believe in His name:

2 Corinthians 5:17 _Therefore_, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new _creation_; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

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

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