Thematic Bible: The law of God
Thematic Bible
Delighting in God » Saints' experience, in » The law of God
O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;
Thy testimonies also are my delight, The men of my counsel!
Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.
The law of God » Blessedness of keeping
and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,
and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.
Aleph. O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands -- the least -- and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.
The law of God » Requires perfect obedience
for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, 'Cursed is every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law -- to do them,'
for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one point, he hath become guilty of all;
Cursed is he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
The law of God » Man cannot render perfect obedience to
'When they sin against Thee (for there is not a man who sinneth not), and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them up before an enemy, and they have taken captive their captivity unto the land of the enemy far off or near;
Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.
according as it hath been written -- 'There is none righteous, not even one;
The law of God » Requires obedience of the heart
but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.
And Jesus said to him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding --
Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.
The law of God » Given » Through the ministration of angels
who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep it.'
Why, then, the law? on account of the transgressions it was added, till the seed might come to which the promise hath been made, having been set in order through messengers in the hand of a mediator --
for if the word being spoken through messengers did become stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience did receive a just recompense,
The law of God » Is the rule of life to saints
to those without law, as without law -- (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) -- that I might gain those without law;
For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another, for all the law in one word is fulfilled -- in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'
The law of God » Man cannot be justified by
and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;
therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.
wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.
The law of God » Saints » Freed from the bondage of
So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;
and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.
for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace.
The law of God » The wicked » Forsake
And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.
And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it,
The law of God » Christ » Explained
'All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
And Jesus said to him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding -- this is a first and great command; and the second is like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; read more.
on these -- the two commands -- all the law and the prophets do hang.'
on these -- the two commands -- all the law and the prophets do hang.'
The law of God » Saints » Have, written on their hearts
because this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write them, and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to Me for a people;
For this is the covenant that I make, With the house of Israel, after those days, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have given My law in their inward part, And on their heart I do write it, And I have been to them for God, And they are to me for a people.
The law of God » Saints » Love
Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation.
Samech. Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.
The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to hear
Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law -- they kick against it.
That a rebellious people is this, sons -- liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah.
The law of God » Given » To the israelites
And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.
I am Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants. 'Thou hast no other Gods before Me. Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth. read more.
Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, am a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third generation, and on the fourth, of those hating Me, and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands. 'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing. 'Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it; six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work, and the seventh day is a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, -- for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it. 'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. 'Thou dost not murder. 'Thou dost not commit adultery. 'Thou dost not steal. 'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony. Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which is thy neighbour's.'
Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, am a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third generation, and on the fourth, of those hating Me, and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands. 'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing. 'Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it; six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work, and the seventh day is a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, -- for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it. 'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. 'Thou dost not murder. 'Thou dost not commit adultery. 'Thou dost not steal. 'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony. Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which is thy neighbour's.'
The law of God » Saints » Delight in
for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,
Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight.
The law of God » Love is the fulfilling of
To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other -- law he hath fulfilled,
the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, is the fulness of law.
The law of God » Described as » Perfect
The law of Jehovah is perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah are stedfast, Making wise the simple,
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The law of God » Given » Through moses
And He giveth unto Moses, when He finisheth speaking with him in mount Sinai, two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written by the finger of God.
hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?'
The law of God » Gives the knowledge of sin
wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.
What, then, shall we say? the law is sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:
The law of God » All men have transgressed
And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;
What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,
The law of God » Man, by nature, not in subjection to
because the mind of the flesh is enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,
for when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins, that are through the law, were working in our members, to bear fruit to the death;
The law of God » Obedience to » Of prime importance
the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing -- but a keeping of the commands of God.
The law of God » It is man's duty to keep
The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- 'Fear God, and keep His commands, for this is the whole of man.
The law of God » Obedience to » A characteristic of saints
and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.
The law of God » Punishment for disobeying
'And they are disobedient, and rebel against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and Thy prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto Thee, and they do great despisings, and Thou givest them into the hand of their adversaries, and they distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto Thee, and Thou, from the heavens, dost hear, and, according to Thine abundant mercies, dost give to them saviours, and they save them out of the hand of their adversaries.
The law of God » Given » To adam
And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat; and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'
The law of God » Saints » Pledge themselves to walk in
are laying hold on their brethren, their honourable ones, and coming in to an execration, and in to an oath, to walk in the law of God, that was given by the hand of Moses, servant of God, and to observe and to do all the commands of Jehovah our Lord, and His judgments, and His statutes;
The law of God » Saints » Freed from the curse of
Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, 'Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'
The law of God » Designed to lead to Christ
so that the law became our child-conductor -- to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous,
The law of God » Described as » Truth
Thy righteousness is righteousness to the age, And Thy law is truth.
The law of God » Saints » Lament over the violation of by others
The law of God » The love of, produces peace
Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
The law of God » To be used lawfully
and we have known that the law is good, if any one may use it lawfully;
The law of God » Described as » Exceeding broad
Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command -- exceedingly!
The law of God » Saints » Pray for power to keep
Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
The law of God » Saints » Pray to understand
Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
The law of God » Christ » Came to fulfil
Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;
The law of God » Saints » Keep
I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
The law of God » Christ » Magnified
Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.
The law of God » Is absolute and perpetual
for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.
The law of God » Described as » Holy, just, and good
so that the law, indeed, is holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.
The law of God » Described as » Spiritual
for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;
The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to walk in
They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,
The law of God » The wicked » Cast away
Therefore, as a tongue of fire devoureth stubble, And flaming hay falleth, Their root is as muck, And their flower as dust goeth up. Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of Hosts, And the saying of the Holy One of Israel despised.
The law of God » Saints » Should make the subject of their conversation
and it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt;
The law of God » Saints » Should remember
Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, That I did command him in Horeb, For all Israel -- statutes and judgments.
The law of God » Given » To noah
whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
The law of God » Is the rule of the judgment
for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,
The law of God » Conscience testifies to
who do shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also witnessing with them, and between one another the thoughts accusing or else defending,
The law of God » Established by faith
Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.
The law of God » Works wrath
for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither is transgression.
The law of God » Obedience to » A test of love
for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;
The law of God » Described as » Not grievous
for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;
The law of God » Described as » Pure
The precepts of Jehovah are upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes,
The law of God » Sin is a transgression of
Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,
The law of God » The wicked » Forget
Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!
The law of God » Saints » Prepare their hearts to seek
for Ezra hath prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment.
The law of God » The wicked » Despise
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, I do not reserve it, Because of their loathing the law of Jehovah, And His statutes they have not kept, And their lies do cause them to err, After which their fathers did walk,
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