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1 | Imperatives not true or false | Ps 119:142 | Lionstrong | 58011 | ||
Here's a question that has come my mind serveral times as I read Clark and thought about logic: If imperatives are not true or false how do we understand such statements as, "Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Thy law is truth." (Ps. 119:142) Or, Rom. 2:20, "... having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth...." So, If the law is essentially moral imperatives, what do the Scriptures mean when it says that they are true? My thought is that the Scriptures are refering to the supporting statements that surround the imperatives. In the Decalogue itself there are declarative statements such as, "...in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth..." or, "I am the Lord your God...." So the Law is not simply the commands, but also declarative statements given to justify the "duty" God requires of us. Yours, for obedience to God's Word Lionstrong |
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2 | Imperatives not true or false | Ps 119:142 | srbaegon | 58021 | ||
Hello Lionstrong A logical conclusion I made is that you are reading Gordon Clark, correct? How does Clark define an imperative? The reason I ask is because your examples appear to be indicative statements. Steve |
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3 | Imperatives not true or false | Ps 119:142 | Lionstrong | 58178 | ||
Hello Steve, Correct, Gordon Clark. Had the privilege of meeting him before he died. His meaning of imperative is the ordinary dictionary definition, that is, a command or request. Within the set of imperatives (the Decalogue) of Exodus 20 there are indicative statements. So, while the "Thou-shalt-nots" of the Decalogue are neither true nor false, we do have within it indicative statements that can indeed be true or false. God's imperatives are not given in a vacuum. Although the sufficient reason for all God commands is that He is God, he does many times give us other reasons for his commands. Some commands are also given in their historical or situational context to make the reason they are given understood. So, I think that the truth that the psalmist and Paul are talking about is not the imperatives themselves, but the whole system in which the imperatives are imbedded. The commands are given in an historical or situational context, and/or God gives additional reasons for the command. So it is in the context and reasons that we find truth, and these truths are inseparable from the commands. They form a system called the Law of Lord (Psalm 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.). Peace, |
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