Lesson 4 GOD REVEALS HIS LAW

Aim: Where do we find God’s law?

Where is one place we find God’s law? Romans 2:14-15a “The Gentiles do not have the Law; but whenever they do by instinct what the Law commands, they are their own law, even though they do not have the Law. Their conduct shows that what the Law commands is written in their hearts. …(GNB) written on my heart Law

Where is one place we find God’s law? Romans 2:15b …Their consciences also show that this is true, since their thoughts sometimes accuse them and sometimes defend them.” (GNB) reminds me what God wants Conscience

Key Point #1 God’s law is written in our hearts, and our consciences remind us what God wants us to do or not to do.

Why can’t we always depend on what our consciences tell us? Ephesians 4:18-19 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed. consciences become hearts become insensitive hardened

Why can’t we always depend on what our consciences tell us? Romans 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. my darkens heart clouds conscience Sin

Why can’t we always depend on what our consciences tell us? 1 Corinthians 8:7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. weak or mistaken the conscience may also be

Key Point #2 Because sin darkens people’s hearts, they may have clouded or mistaken consciences.

Where do we find a reliable record of God’s law? Deuteronomy 5:22 These are the commandments the L ORD proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. God wrote his law in the Bible to show that

Where do we find a reliable record of God’s law? Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. God wrote his law in the Bible to show that clearly

Key Point #3 The law written in the Bible is reliable because it shows us clearly what God’s will is.

How is God’s law summarized for us in the Bible? Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” he wants me to neighbor Love Love God my

Key Point #4 God’s law can be summarized with the word love.

Evaluate… It’s better not to study God’s law too much, because the more I know, the more God will expect of me.

Agree or Disagree… There’s no excuse for a person not to be a Christian. Everybody has a conscience.

List several things that are wrong with this statement by John… “I’m better than my friend Jennifer who drinks coffee. I would never think of drinking coffee. My conscience wouldn’t allow me to.

Lesson 4 I find God’s law written in my heart, but the most reliable place I find God’s law written in the Bible. GOD REVEALS HIS LAW