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NASB | Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his household: |
Subject: "seal of God" |
Bible Note: Hi JVH0212, Christ kept the commandments of God as well (John 15:10) and If we Love God, we will keep His commandments (John 14:15). Where the law served its purpose of leading us to Christ, people before Christ had nothing but the law to look to. When Christ came to this world, he wanted His followers not to love one another as the world interprets love-selfishly or sentimentally. To explain the love he spoke of, Christ gave a "new commandment", which was not to take the place of the decalogue but rather provide believers with an example of what true unselfish love really is, such love that has never been witnessed on earth before. It charged them, not simply that "ye love one another", but "that ye love one another, as I have loved you". Now the question that you pose: when they speak of the law, what law are they talking about? This has been an ongoing debate for 100's of years and still left open for discussion as we speak (literally ;]). I know of the ceremonial laws and the moral laws. The ceremonial laws that require sacrifice and were of "manmade" ordinance, or sacrificial feasts (Sabbath feast in Lev 23:37-38), were a "shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ" (Col 2:17, Heb 10:1). The moral law, the decalogue, was written by the finger of God, James 2:10 does say "the whole law", but vs 11 expounds on it as points from the decalogue. The law serves to 1) represent God's will for humanity (James 2:10, Matt 19:17), 2) point out sin (James 1:23-25, Rom 3:19-20, 1 John 3:4, Rom 7:7), 3) agent in conversion (Ps 19:7, Gal 3:24, Zech 13:1, Rev 7:14, John 3:16-21), 4) basis of God's covenant (Exodus 20:1-24:8, Deut 9:9,4:13), 5) functions as a standard of judgement (Ps 119:172, Eccl 12:13-14, James 2:12, I Cor 8:7,12; Titus 1:15, Heb 10:22, I Tim 4:2), 6) provides true freedom (John 8:34, Ps 119:45, James 2:8,1:25; Matt 11:29,30, II Cor 3:17) 7) restrains evil and brings blessings (Prov 14:34,16:12; Ps 89:31-21; Prov 3:33;Lev 26;Deut 28). |