God's Law

GOD’S LAW BEFORE MOUNT SINAI.

• Genesis 26:5: Abraham kept the commandments before Sinai.
• Exodus 16:24–30: The Sabbath commandment before Sinai.
• Psalm 111:7–9: God’s law is eternal.
• Romans 5:12–14: Paul shows the law existed from Eden.

GOD’S TEN-COMMANDMENT LAW.

• Exodus 20:3–17: The law as God gave it at Mt. Sinai.
• Romans 3:20: The law points out sin.
• James 4:17: Knowing to do right and not doing it is sin.
• 1 John 3:4: Sin is transgressing of the law.

THE LAW IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

• Deuteronomy 28:1, 2: Blessings of obeying God’s law.
• Psalm 19:7–11: Psalmist describes God’s law as perfect and wonderful.
• Jeremiah 31:31–33: God’s new covenant: His law inside us, in our minds and hearts.
• Matthew 22:36–40: Summary of the law: love to God; love to man.
• 1 John 5:3: God’s law is not a burden.

JESUS AND THE LAW.

• Matthew 5:17, 18: Jesus came not to destroy, but to fulfill the law.
• John 14:15: If we love Jesus, we will keep His commandments.
• John 15:10: Jesus kept the commandments.

THE LAW, STILL VALID AFTER JESUS RETURNED TO HEAVEN.

• Romans 7:12: Paul indicated it was still in effect.
• 1 John 2:3–6: John indicated it was still in effect.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

• Matthew 22:37: First commandment.
• 1 John 5:21, 1 Corinthians 10:19-21, John 4:24: Second commandment.
• Matthew 5:33-37: Third commandment.
• Matthew 24:20 and 28:1, Mark 2:27-28 and 16:1-2, Luke 4:16 and 23:54-56: Fourth commandment.
• Matthew 15:4-9, Ephesians 6:1-3: Fifth commandment.
• Matthew 5:21-22, 1 John 3:15: Sixth commandment.
• Matthew 5:27-28 and 19:9,18: Seventh commandment.
• Matthew 19:18 and 15:19: Eighth commandment.
• Matthew 19:18: Ninth commandment.
• Matthew 19:21-22, Romans 7:7: Tenth commandment.

LAW AND GRACE.

• Romans 3:31: Law not made void by faith in God’s grace.
• Romans 6:14, 15: We’re not under law, but under grace.
• Romans 7:22: Paul delighted in the law.
• Hebrews 8:10: How the law can be kept.
• James 1:22–25: Function of the law to reveal sin not changed after the Cross.