Obedience to Physical and Moral Laws
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1. We should preserve our strength to labor in the cause of God when our labor is needed. We should be careful not to take upon ourselves […]
Christ Magnifies the Law
The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. Isaiah 42:21. Were the law understood apart from Christ, it would have a crushing power upon sinful men, blotting the sinner out of existence. But by understanding the law in connection with Christ, receiving Him by faith […]
The Law Is Complete in Itself
I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Isaiah 45:19. With the setting aside of the Bible has come a turning away from God’s law. The doctrine that men are released from obedience to the divine precepts has weakened the force of moral obligation and opened the floodgates of iniquity upon the […]
The Complete Saviour
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8. The thought that the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us, not because of any merit on our part, but as a free gift from God, is a precious thought. The enemy of God […]
In Harmony With God’s Law
A certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, … and took care of him. Luke 10:33, 34. Christ knew that no one could obey the law in his own strength. He desired to lead the lawyer to clearer and […]
What Is Written in the Law?
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. Luke 10:27. Among the Jews the question “Who is my neighbor?” caused endless dispute. They had no doubt as to the heathen and the […]
