The Truth About God and Us The Bible The Truth About God and Us

If you would die tonight and you are standing before God in heaven and he asks you, “Why should I let you into heaven?” How would you answer God?

Why should it be clear to everyone that there is a God? What can we learn about God from the things he created? What does the natural knowledge of God not teach us? What are four results of sin in my life?

Why is the Bible so important? How can the words of the Bible be God’s Word if human writers wrote them? Why is the Bible so important? What does God forbid anyone to do with the Bible?

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God’s Law A Great Blessing: What do we mean when we speak of God’s law? Luke 10:27 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind”; and, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 4:10 Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only. Matthew 19:17-19 If you want to enter life, keep the commandments. … “you shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,” and “love your neighbor as yourself.”

God’s Will for all people for all time Love God and love your neighbor God’s Laws Ceremonial Laws Worship laws Regulations on sacrifices and the priesthood These laws pointed ahead to Christ Moral Laws God’s Will for all people for all time Love God and love your neighbor Civil Laws Government laws for the people of Israel Punishments for stealing and hurting others

God’s Moral Law How does God give his law (moral law) to everyone? Romans 2:14-15 When Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts. Natural Law – is the moral law that God wrote on our hearts

God’s Moral Law How does God give his law in a second way? John 1:17 The law was given through Moses. Deuteronomy 4:13 He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote these on two stone tablets. Written Law – is the moral law that God wrote on tablets of stone and gave to Moses. It recorded in the Bible.

The Purpose of the Moral Law Curb Threatens punishment to those who disobey and promises blessings to the obedient All people Guide Shows us how to live for God Only Christians Mirror Shows us our sin All people

GOD’S LAW tells us: what is right and wrong what we should do what we shouldn’t do Written in Clouded by a hardened or mistaken conscience Always clear summarized in the TEN COMMANDMENTS Love God and neighbor