Bible Question (short): The Christian and the Law of God |
Question (full): The issue of the fourth commandment has raised the broader issue of the Christian and the Law of God. What is our relation to the law of God? Are we under it? Are we obligated to keep the Law of God, or are we free from it? Which laws are we obligated to keep? Scripture teaches that while we are not under the Law's condemnation, we are not free from our obligation to obey the commands of God as they are summarized in the Ten Commandments, and expanded on in the rest of Scripture. The Ten Commandments are the moral law of God to man. So, while we are freed FROM sin, we are not free TO sin. Christ saved us for holiness, and under the ministry of the Spirit, the law serves "as a rule of life informing (us) of the will of God, and (our) duty,...direct(-ing) and bind(-ing) (us) to walk accordingly; discovering also the sinful pollutions of (our) nature, hearts, and lives; so as examing (our-)selves thereby, (we) may come to further conviction of, humiliation for and hatred against sin, together with a clearer sight of the need (we) have of Christ, and the perfection of His obedience." Westminster Confession of Faith, Chatper 19, paragraph 6. However, God does free the New Testament Church from the civil and ceremonial laws that he gave through Moses to his Old Testament Church. I understand that the dispansationalist Christians following Scofield and others believe that the Scriptures teach that New Testament saints are not obligated to keep the Law as summarized in the Ten Commandments. |
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