Why Preach the Law? Part Three

3. The Law is Based on the Character of God:

By obeying the Law the people of Israel were reflecting the character of God.: This is implicit in Deuteronomy 10: 12-13:

"And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord you God with all your heart and with all your soul and to observe the Lord's commands and decrees ..."

In Leviticus 19 (v2) the Law states:

"You shall be holy, for I the Lord am holy."

It is my observation that any striving to be holy and to "walk in his ways" is very much scorned upon in much of the church.
In Deuteronomy 10: 16 we receive the command: "circumcise your hearts"

Without preaching the Law there is no sense in which we as a church are striving to be like Him, without the Law being written on our hearts there is no sense in which we can claim to be born again.





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