The Holy Law of God
Bible Marking Assignment Lesson 5

Sin is the “transgression of the Law.”   The devil “sinned from the beginning.”  He is opposed to God’s law, and angry with those who “keep the commandments of God.”   The law of God, and His Ten Commandments existed long before they were written on the tablets of stone in Moses’ day.  The Hebrews were reminded of the law because they had been in bondage in Egypt for 400 years!  The principles of God’s law are eternal, and they are a transcript of God’s character.  His law is “holy, just and good” just as God Himself is!

See 1 John 3:4, Revelation 12:17, Genesis 26:5, Psalm 119:142-144, and Romans 7:12.

If we truly love the Father, and His Son Jesus Christ then we will obey their commandments because we will be motivated by grateful and converted hearts.  Loving obedience is never partial.  Those who love God keep all of His commandments, they don’t pick and choose which ones they like!  If we break one of the Ten Commandments, we are guilty of being a law-breaker regardless what one we break!  It is the carnal, sin loving mind that is against God’s law.  The person who claims to love Jesus should love to obey the Lord!

See John 14:15, 1 John 5:3, James 2:10-12, Romans 5:7, and 1 John 2:4.

Jesus said that those who taught others to disobey even the “least” of His commandments would be called “least” in the kingdom of heaven.  The word translated “least” in
Matthew 5 literally means “as nothing” or “non-existent.” The Ten Commandments were part of both the old and the new covenants.  In the Old Covenant the law was written on
tables of stone.  In the New Covenant the law is written on the heart of the believer!  The New Covenant does not do away with the law, rather it establishes it because, through
the Holy Spirit, the converted one is given power to live the law by faith!

See Matthew 5:15-19, Hebrews 10:16, and Romans 3:31.

Circumcision and other sacrificial rituals were part of the “law of Moses.”  These laws were abolished at the cross. But the Ten Commandments are a transcript of the character
of God, and they are moral principles that will exist forever!

See Acts 15:5 and I Corinthians 7:19 in a modern translation.

Because we are under “grace,” and are no longer “under the law,” does not mean that we now have a license to Sin -- transgress God’s law!  A prisoner under arrest for law
breaking is under the law.  Because a merciful judge releases him by grace does not give him a license to go out and break the law.  In fact, because of grace, he is doubly indebted
to live a lawful life.

See Romans 6:14-15.

Once we repent, and are forgiven of our sins, we are to go out and live a life of obedience to God’s commandments. We are to “go and sin no more.”  Those only who are obedient to God’s commandments will have the right to eat of the tree of life, and to enter into the gates of the New Jerusalem!

See John 8:11 and Revelation 22:14 (KJV).