The Law, then grace.
The Law is the guide to what is right and wrong in moral behaviour. God gave the law so that people would have a guide to live by a standard by which they might recognise God's purity and their sinfulness. There are 613 commandments in th OT. they are to oversee moral, judicial, and religious behaviour.

Lets open up the law to see what God is like:

1. "You Shall have no other God's before me". God is to be the focal point of man's attention at all times. We are to worship him with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength. Anything less is sin. The bible says no one has kept this commandment.

2 "You shall not make yourself any graven images". Do not bow down to anything but God. Anything or any one you put before God is an idol. you are committing idolatry. idolaters will not inherit the kingdom of Heaven. You may worship a Jesus that suits your own desires. your God overlooks your sin, your lack of fruit. He would never condemn people, and send them to hell, just say "my God's a God of love, he won't condemn" Those that say these things are right. there God will not condemn. He cant' , he doesn't exist, he is a figment of there imagination. they have created a God in there image to suit there sins, it is the oldest sin in the book.

3."You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain" professing to be a christian, yet denying him by your life breaks this commandment. have you ever heard people say things like, "oh my g-d". this is blasphemy. God will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name,

4. "Remember the sabbath day to keep it Holy". Have you always loved the things of God.

5. "Honour your Father and Mother". this brings long life. rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft to God. In the OT those that disobeyed and hated there parients were seen as deserving death. this should make us all fear God, who hasn't broken this.

6. "You shall not kill". if you are angry without good cause you are in danger of the judgement. and if you hate your brother you are a murderer before God.

7. "You shall not commit adultery." Jesus said that if you even look at someone with lust you are a adulterer of the heart.

8. "You shall not steal". if you have ever stolen anything in your life, you are a thief before God.

9. "You shall not lie". all liars shall have there place in the lake of fire. a fearful statement by God. satan is the father of lies.

10. "You shall not covet". have you ever desired what others have and been ungrateful for what you already have received from the Lord. who has not broken this.

James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole of the law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

Romans 7:7 I had not known sin, but by the law...

Galatians 3:24 wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

This is how God sees us. we share our thought life with him. He is absolutely Holy, righteous, and just. He will punish sin wherever it is found. He would be a corupt judge if he did not. God demands absolute perfection in thought, word, and deed, or else. the soul that sins it shall die.

we broke the law, the wrath of God was rightly upon us. he was angry at us for our sin. we could do nothing to help ourselves. God himself stepped into the court room and paid our fine for us. he was bruised for our transgressions. He took the punishment for our sins. he kept the law perfectly in our place.

make sure you have mourned for your true biblical sin. sin is breaking the law. that you have truly mourned for your sin, apologised to God, turned from your sin against God, and out your faith in christ alone, his life, death, and resurrection. without repentance and faith in christ we are lost. we must be born again, can you see that you are born again by the fruit of your life. the fruit of repentance, holiness, righteousness, the holy spirit.

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God bless you all. Go serve your King. Martin