Question 93
What is the moral law?
The moral law is the declaration of the will of God to mankind, directing and binding everyone to personal, perfect, and perpetual conformity and obedience thereunto, in the frame and disposition of the whole man, soul and body,a and in performance of all those duties of holiness and righteousness which he oweth to God and man:b promising life upon the fulfilling, and threatening death upon the breach of it.c
What is the moral law?
The moral law is the declaration of the will of God to mankind, directing and binding everyone to personal, perfect, and perpetual conformity and obedience thereunto, in the frame and disposition of the whole man, soul and body,a and in performance of all those duties of holiness and righteousness which he owes to God and man:b promising life upon the fulfilling, and threatening death upon the breach of it.c
a. Deuteronomy 5:1–3, 31, 33; Luke 10:26–27; 1 Thessalonians 5:23
Deuteronomy 5:1–3; Deuteronomy 5:31; Deuteronomy 5:33
5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. 5:2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 5:3 The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 5:31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 5:33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
5:1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully. 5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 5:3 He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today. 5:31 But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess." 5:33 You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Luke 10:26–27
10:26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
10:26 "What is written in the Law?" Jesus replied. "How do you read it?" 10:27 He answered, "'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.'"
1 Thessalonians 5:23
5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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b. Luke 1:75; Acts 24:16
Luke 1:75
1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
1:75 in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
Acts 24:16
24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
24:16 In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
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c. Romans 10:5; Galatians 3:10, 12
Romans 10:5
10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
10:5 For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: "The man who does these things will live by them."
Galatians 3:10; Galatians 3:12
3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
3:10 All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." 3:12 The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them."
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