·         Is absolute and perpetual
Matthew 5:18

• GIVEN
  • To Adam
    Genesis 2:16,17; Romans 5:12-14
  • To Noah
    Genesis 9:6
  • To the Israelites
    Exodus 20:2-17; Psalms 78:5
  • Through Moses
    Exodus 31:18; John 7:19
  • Through the ministration of angels
    Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 2:2
• DESCRIBED AS
  • Pure
    Psalms 19:8
  • Spiritual
    Romans 7:14
  • Holy, just, and good
    Romans 7:12
  • Exceeding broad
    Psalms 119:96
  • Perfect
    Psalms 19:7; Romans 12:2
  • Truth
    Psalms 119:142
  • Not grievous
    1 John 5:3
• Requires obedience of the heart
  Psalms 51:6; Matthew 5:28; 22:37
• Requires perfect obedience
  Deuteronomy 27:26; Galatians 3:10; James 2:10
• Love is the fulfilling of
  Romans 13:8,10; Galatians 3:10; James 2:10
• It is man’s duty to keep
  Ecclesiastes 12:13
• Man, by nature, not in subjection to
  Romans 7:5; 8:7
• Man cannot render perfect obedience to
  1 Kings 8:46; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:10
• Sin is a transgression of
  1 John 3:4
• All men have transgressed
  Romans 3:9,19
• Man cannot be justified by
  Acts 13:39; Romans 3:20,28; Galatians 2:16; 3:11
• Gives the knowledge of sin
  Romans 3:20; 7:7
• Works wrath
  Romans 4:15
• Conscience testifies to
  Romans 2:15
• Designed to lead to Christ
  Galatians 3:24
• OBEDIENCE TO
  • A characteristic of saints
    Revelation 12:17
  • A test of love
    1 John 5:3
  • Of prime importance
    1 Corinthians 7:19
• Blessedness of keeping
  Psalms 119:1; Matthew 5:19; 1 John 3:22,24; Revelation 22:14
• CHRIST
  • Came to fulfil
    Matthew 5:17
  • Magnified
    Isaiah 42:21
  • Explained
    Matthew 7:12; 22:37-40
• The love of, produces peace
  Psalms 119:165
• SAINTS
  • Freed from the bondage of
    Romans 6:14; 7:4,6; Galatians 3:13
  • Freed from the curse of
    Galatians 3:13
  • Have, written on their hearts
    Jeremiah 31:33; Hebrews 8:10
  • Love
    Psalms 119:97,113
  • Delight in
    Psalms 119:77; Romans 7:22
  • Prepare their hearts to seek
    Ezra 7:10
  • Pledge themselves to walk in
    Nehemiah 10:29
  • Keep
    Psalms 119:55
  • Pray to understand
    Psalms 119:18
  • Pray for power to keep
    Psalms 119:34
  • Should remember
    Malachi 4:4
  • Should make the subject of their conversation
    Exodus 13:9
  • Lament over the violation of, by others
    Psalms 119:136
• THE WICKED
  • Despise
    Amos 2:4
  • Forget
    Hosea 4:6
  • Forsake
    2 Chronicles 12:1; Jeremiah 9:13
  • Refuse to hear
    Isaiah 30:9; Jeremiah 6:19
  • Refuse to walk in
    Psalms 78:10
  • Cast away
    Isaiah 5:24
• Is the rule of life to saints
  1 Corinthians 9:21; Galatians 5:13,14
• Is the rule of the judgment
  Romans 2:12
• To be used lawfully
  1 Timothy 1:8
• Established by faith
  Romans 3:31
• Punishment for disobeying
  Nehemiah 9:26,27; Isaiah 65:11-13; Jeremiah 9:13-16