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The Law

(Please refer to the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith for more details and expanded information. Many of this was taken from chapter 19.)

1. God gave Adam a law of comprehensive obedience written on his heart and a specific perfect not to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God also promised life if Adam fulfilled it and death if Adam broke it. That law continued to be a perfect rule of righteousness after the fall.

2. The law given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai in the 10 commandments which were written on two stone tablets.

3. In addition to this law, which is usually referred to as the moral law – God was also pleased to give the people of Israel ceremonial laws. The really beautiful thing about ceremonial laws is that many contented typological ordinances, which means there were ceremonial laws that would foreshadow Christ, like I shared last week that Christ is our perfect, unblemished lamb, sacrificed to atone for our sins. Many ceremonial laws prefigure Christ and his graces, his actions, his sufferings and his benefits. These ceremonial laws were appointed only until the new order and now they are taken away by Christ.

4. God also gave Israel Judicial laws, also referred to as civil law, which ceased when the nation ended. Their general principles of justice continue to have moral value. Example: 1 Corinthians 9:8-10

Truths about the Law:

1. The moral law forever requires the obedience of everyone. We have an obligation to obey because we are created by the law-giver, God. His is the authority over all. “Nor does Christ in any way dissolve this obligation in the gospel; instead he greatly strengthens it.” 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith

2. For true Christians, they are not under the law as a covenant of works to either be justified by it or condemned by it. We are saved by faith through the work of Christ alone. However the moral law is VERY useful to them and to others because it tells us THE WILL OF God and what our duty is.

3. The moral law is still good and still should be obeyed because it’s given by God to show us how to love him and love our neighbors.

4. The moral law, though we are no longer justified or condemned by it, is useful. I mentioned it informs us of the will of God and informed us of our duty. It also directs us and exposes the sinful corruption of our nature and hearts and any sin we are living in. It restrains sinful corruption because the law forbids sin.

“These uses of the law are not contrary to the grace of the gospel but are in sweet harmony with it, for the Spirit of Christ subdues and enables the human will to do freely and cheerfully way the will of God as revealed in the law requires.” 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith

“And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.” Ezekiel 36:27

Resources

SPF 046: The Myth of Neutrality: http://www.sheprovesfaithful.com/podcast/episode46

SPF 117 Daughter of the King: http://www.sheprovesfaithful.com/podcast/episode117

SPF 120: Are Obedience and Faith at Odds with Each Other?: http://www.sheprovesfaithful.com/podcast/episode120

SPF 164: Should Christians Care About Politics?: http://www.sheprovesfaithful.com/podcast/episode164

The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith

https://founders.org/library/1689-confession/

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