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04th
February 2012
God’s
Law Is Simple
The
law of God is simple, and easily understood.
There are men who proudly boast that they believe
only what they can understand, forgetting that
there are mysteries in human life and in the
manifestation of God’s power in the works
of nature-mysteries which the deepest philosophy,
the most extensive research, is powerless to
explain. But there is no mystery in the law
of God. All can comprehend the great truths
which it embodies. The feeblest intellect can
grasp these rules; the most ignorant can regulate
the life, and form the character after the divine
standard. If the children of men would, to the
best of their ability, obey this law, they would
gain strength of mind and power of discernment
to comprehend still more of God’s purpose
and plans. And this advancement would be continued,
not only during the present life, but during
external ages; for however far we may advance
in the knowledge of God’s wisdom and power,
there is always an infinity beyond.
The divine law requires us to love God supremely
and our neighbour as ourselves. Without the
exercise of this love, the highest profession
of faith is mere hypocrisy. “Thou shalt
love the lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This
is the first and great commandment. And the
second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments,”
says Christ, “hang all the law and the
prophets” (matt.22:37-40)
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The
law demands perfect obedience. “Whosoever
shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in
one point, he is guilty of all”( James
2:10). Not one of those ten precepts can be
broken without disloyalty to the God in heaven.
The least deviation from its requirements, by
neglect or wilful transgression, is sin, and
every sin exposes the sinner to the wrath of
God. Obedience was the only condition upon which
ancient Israel was to receive the fulfilment
of the promises which made them the highly favoured
people of God; and obedience to that law will
bring as great blessings to individuals and
nations now as it would have been brought to
the Hebrews.
Obedience to the law is essential, not only
to our salvation, but to our own happiness and
that of all with whom we are connected. “Great
peace have they which love thy law: and nothing
shall offend them”(Ps219 119:165),says
the inspired word. Yet finite man will present
to the people this holy, just and good law,
this law of liberty, which the creator himself
has adapted to the wants of man, as a yoke of
bondage, a yoke which no man can bear. But it
is the sinner who regards the law as a grievous
yoke; it is the transgressor that can see no
beauty in its precepts. For the carnal mind
“is not subject to the law of God, neither
indeed be”(Rom 8:7) (Cont’d in next
Weekend VOICE)
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