“Christ’s death did not make the law of none effect; it did not slay the law, lessen its holy claims; nor did it detract from its sacred dignity. The death of Christ proclaimed the justice of His Father’s law in punishing the transgressor, in that He consented to suffer the penalty of the law Himself, in order to save fallen man from its curse. The death of God’s beloved Son on the cross, shows the immutability of the law of God. His death magnifies the law and makes it honorable, and gives evidence to man of its changeless character. . . The death of Christ justified the claims of the law.” T., v. 2, p. 201.
The Law of God Before It Was Proclaimed Upon Mount Sinai
· Rom. 5:13. “Sin is not imputed where there is no law.” T., v. 8., p. 207.
· Gen. 2:17; 3:1-7. Eve coveted the fruit and then stole. P.P. 55, 56.
· Gen. 4:7. Sin lay at Cain’s door. P.P. 81-83.
· Gen. 13:13; 19:4-11. Sodomites were “sinners before the Lord exceedingly.”
· Gen. 39:7-10. Sin to break 7th commandment. P.P. 217.
· Gen. 9:20-27. Cursed for breaking the 5th commandment.
· Ex. 16:22-30. Sabbath 30 days before Sinai.
· Ex. 5:5. Israelites kept Sabbath. P.P. 258.
· Gen. 32:2-5. Idolatry a sin.
· Gen. 6:5, margin. The antediluvians broke all the law; for every imagination of the heart was evil every day. P.P. 159.
The Giving of the Law
· Deut. 4:32, 33. Greatest event in history.
· Ex. 19:1; Num. 1:45, 46. Audience of at least 1,000,000.
· Ex. 19:10, 11. Three days’ preparation.
· Ex. 19:12, 13. Bounds around Sinai.
· Ex. 19:16-20. Wonderful display of grandeur. T., v. 8, p. 198.
· Ps. 68:8, 17; Heb. 12:26. Thousands of angels. Whole earth shook.
· Deut. 4:12, 13; Ex. 20:1-17. From the midst of the glory God spoke the ten commandments. P.P. 303-311.
· Deut. 5:22. God spoke no other words.
· Deut. 4:9, 10. We should never forget that great display of power and glory. Teach the children about it. T., v. 6, p. 10.
· Ex. 24:12. Moses called into the Mount.
· Ex. 31:18. God gave unto Moses “two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.” P.P. 314.
· Ex. 32:16. “The tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.”
· Ex. 32:7-19. Tables broken. P.P. 320.
· Deut. 10:1-5. Moses made second tables after the pattern of the first; God wrote the law on the second tables. P.P. 329.
The Law of God
· Ps. 19:7. The law is perfect. G.C. 468.
· Rom. 7:12. Holy, just, and good. G.C. 433, 434.
· Matt. 5:17, 18. Christ forbade anyone even thinking that He would change the law.
· Col. 1:25, margin. To fulfill is to preach fully.
· Isa. 42:21. Christ magnified the law.
· Matt. 5:21-26; 1 John 3:15. Hatred in heart breaks the law.
· Ps. 119:96. The commandments are exceedingly broad.
· Matt. 5:27, 28. Impure thoughts break the law. D.A. 310.
· Matt. 5:33-37. The use of bywords is swearing.
· Mark 7:7-13. Tradition can never take the place of the law.
· Matt. 19:16-22. There is life in obedience.
· Luke 10:25, 26. Carefully consider, “what is written in the law”; take it as it reads.
· John 15:10. Christ kept the law. T., v. 8, p. 208; C.O.L. 282, 283.
· Matt. 22:34-40. The law embraces our full duty to God and fellowmen. G.C. 467.
· Matt. 12:1-8. Christ’s disciples accused of breaking the Sabbath. He was Lord of it. D.A. 204, 284-286.
· Matt. 12:10-14. “It is lawful to do well on the Sabbath-day.”
· Luke 4:16. Christ kept the 4th commandment.
· 1 Peter 2:21. Follow His steps.
Converting Power in the Law
· Ps. 19:7. Converts the soul. D.A. 308.
· Rom. 3:19; Num. 15:16. All the world subject to the law. T., v. 8, p. 199.
· Isa. 59:2, margin. Sin separates from God.
· Rom. 3:20, 7:7. The law points out sin.
· Jas. 1:23-25. A spiritual mirror; reveals sin, but cannot remove it. T., v. 4, p. 294.
· 1 John 1:7, 9. Blood of Christ alone can cleanse from sin.
· Gal. 3:24. Law leads to Christ. D.A. 308.
· Rom. 3:31. Faith establishes the law. D.A. 126.
· Isa 51:7; Ps. 37:31. Law in the heart establishes righteous.
· Rom. 3:21. Law witnesses to righteousness.
· Eccl. 12:13, 14; Rom. 2:12, 13. Standard in judgment. G.C. 482.
· Rev. 22:14. Passport into glory. G.C. 639, 640.
· Ps. 119:97. “O how I love thy law.”