When someone tells you God's laws no longer matter to the Christian they're telling you they are entirely false. And they want to lead you to be so too.
10 Key Bible Verses on God’s Law
Matthew 5:17–18
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Read More
ESV Study Bible Notes
The Jews are not spared judgment simply because they possess the law (of the OT), for those who transgress the law will be
judged for their transgressions.
Paul reaffirms the principle enunciated in vv. 6–11, that the
doers of the law are the ones
who are righteous before God, and that their justification
will be pronounced on the last day.
Some have suggested that these verses speak of Gentile obedience that leads to salvation (cf. vv. 7, 10). It is clear, however, that Paul explains here why Gentiles
who do not have the law will face judgment apart from the law (see v. 12). The reason it is fair for God to judge them for their evil is that God’s law is
written on their hearts, so that their consciences attest to what is right and what is wrong in their behavior. Paul does not imply that the testimony of human conscience is always a perfect moral guide (for people have
conflicting thoughts about their moral behavior, sometimes excusing themselves from wrongdoing), but the very existence of this testimony is sufficient to render people accountable to God. (Elsewhere Paul indicates that people’s consciences can be distorted by sin; see
1 Cor. 8:7, 10; 10:29;
1 Tim. 4:2;
Titus 1:15.)
8. 1 John 3:4
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. Read More
ESV Study Bible Notes
Children of God and the Forsaking of Sin. To confess the Son and to have the Father (2:23) profoundly alters daily living.
Lawlessness (Gk.
anomia) is activity bereft of God’s guidance and in violation of his law.
sin is lawlessness. Even Christians sin (1:9; 2:1), so it may seem like a trivial matter. But to disregard sin’s grave implications is disastrous.
9. Galatians 6:2
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Read More
ESV Study Bible Notes
To
bear one another’s burdens is the supreme imitation of Jesus, the ultimate burden-bearer (see
Rom. 15:1–3). He has even gone to the length of taking mankind’s sins (
Gal. 1:4) and the curse of the law (3:13) upon himself.
and so fulfill the law of Christ. Though Paul insists that the Galatians are free from obeying Jewish ceremonial laws (see note on 2:11–12), this does not mean they are free from all of God’s moral requirements. The “law of Christ” in a broad sense means the entire body of ethical teaching that Jesus gave and endorsed (see note on
1 Cor. 9:21), but in a specific sense here it probably refers to the command to love one’s neighbor as oneself (
Matt. 22:39;
John 13:34), which, if followed fully, will result in obeying the rest of God’s moral law (
Rom. 13:8–10).
10. Romans 13:8–10
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Read More
ESV Study Bible Notes
Verses 8–10 focus on the Christian’s relationship to the Mosaic law.
Owe no one anything links back to v. 7, and thus the command does not prohibit all borrowing but means that one should always “pay what is owed” (see v. 7), fulfilling whatever repayment agreements have been made. The debt one never ceases paying is the call to love one another. Indeed, love fulfills what the Mosaic law demands.
Paul cites several OT
commandments regarding responsibility to others, all of which are summed up in the call from
Lev. 19:18 to
love your neighbor as yourself.
Read from Scripture what God says about his commandments, our obedience, and his faithfulness.
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