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what God is.—McIntosh. He who gave the law expounded the law and filled it full when He appeared on earth in hum iliation, and- afte r He lived th a t holy life on earth, He w ent to th e cross, and th e curse of the law rested upon Him. Gal. 3:13. May we fully under stand th a t th is law cannot give rig h t eousness nor life, and th a t it is not in force as the ru le for the Christian in order to receive blessing from God. Rom. 5:12, 14-20; 7:6-13; Gal. 3:19- 29.-—Gaebelein. Whoever rests his hope upon th e law stands debtor to it all, and in th is view every one would be w ithout hope were no t the Lord our righteousness. Jno. 1:17.— F aucett. In the New Testam ent th e ten com m andments are reduced to two, and these two to one principle, th a t of Love. In love obedience begins and works from w ithin outw ard.— Jacobs. The new life in Christ enkindles love, and not only makes th e commandments th e ru le of life b u t the life itself the free expression of the commandments and of the n atu re of God, in which the com mandments are grounded.—Int. Bible Ency. Christ p u t His seal upon each one of the ten in th e following pas sages : 1. Matt. 22:37; 2. John 4 :24 ; 3. Matt. 5 :34 ; 4. Mark 2 :27 ; Luke 13:14- 16; 5. Matt. 15‘:4-6; 19:19; Mark 7 :10 ; 6. Matt. 5 :21 ; 7. Matt. 5 :28 ; 19:9, 18V; 8. Matt. 15:19; 9. Matt. 12:34-37; 10. Matt. 5:28j>— Comp. Bible. The commandments were divided by Christ into two tables— duty to God and neighbor. Matt. 22:37-40.— Bullinger. v. 3. No o th e r gods before me. If we k ep t th a t commandment, all the other commandments would be obeyed, bu t we have many gods we set upon His throne— money, fame, pleasure, ease. Yes, we sometimes usurp God’s throne, and we dare ourselves to sit th ere for days and years a t a time.-— Jow ett. The first four commandments deal w ith m an’s relation to God. Of these, the first brings us face to face
law? I have read history. The Egyp tian s and th e ad jacen t nations were idolators; so were the Greeks and Rom ans; and the w isest and best Greeks and Romans never make a code of morals like this. W here did he get it? He could not have soared so far above his age as to have devised it himself. I t came down from above.” Jesus said, “Learn of Me,” Mark 6:29, and He in structed ' out of the law. He was th e g reatest teach er and He alone can save us and then teach us. ’‘Men make laws as tailo rs make g ar ments— to fit th e crooked bodies they serve for, to su it th e humors of the people who are to be governed by those laws. This is m an's poor tailoring, and it betrays the sinfulness both of those who frame laws and of those for whom they are made. God has ordained Hie law according to the ru le of perfect equity, and He will not adapt it to our prejudices and deform ities.”— Spur geon. To know God. To love God. To serve God. To enjoy God. v, 1. God spake all these words. In order to do w hat th e law requires, I must have light. In order to be what it requ ires, I must have righteousness. If I have no t both COMMENT FROM I am cursed. We MANY SOURCES w ant a t th e begin- K. L. Brooks ning w hat th e law p r o p o,s e s to be gained a t th e end. The law is a m irror let down from heaven to reveal to man his moral derangement. Rom. 7:13.—- Scofield Bible. The law demands streng th from one who has none and curses him if he cannot display it. The Gospel gives streng th to one th a t has none and blesses him in th e exhibition of it.-—Neighbor. The law sets forth w hat man ought to Tie. Grace exhibits
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