God does have a Law!!

There are many things people think of when you mention ~~God's Law~~. Some think you are talking of the ceremonial law of Moses. Others think that God's Law is an outdated Law which should be memorialized in courthouses and other public places for historical purposes. Others think of God's Law as the sacred precepts written on two tables of stone which were once broken, and which no one can possibly keep or fully obey today. Praise the Lord, there are still some today who highly regard God's Law as the 10 sacred commandments spoken and written by God to all Israel, that it is still His just, perfect and holy Law for us to keep today. (Romans 7 and 8)

Which view is correct? Let us see what the Bible actually says:

1. Exodus 24:12 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them."
2. Exodus 31:18 "And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."

Unfortunately, the children of Israel sinned worshipping the golden calf, and Moses in his anger smashed the commandments to pieces by throwing them down, showing that Israel had broken God's Law. After God forgave those who repented, He asked Moses to bring two new tables of stone up the mountain, then God wrote on them the same Ten Commandments as at the first. So whether or not they were broken, they were still to be kept.

3. Deuteronomy 10:1-5 "At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me."

This Law is called God's Law, it is never called the Law written by Moses. It was handed to Moses, but God wrote it with His own hand, after He had told it with His own voice to Israel.

The Law of God is found in Exodus 20:1-17 and reads:

Exo 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying,

Table One contains Supreme Love For God --

Exo 20:2, 3 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. [Here God proclaims to be their Saviour who has delivered them.] Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exo 20:4-6 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exo 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exo 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Table Two contains Unselfish Love For Man --

Exo 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Exo 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.
Exo 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exo 20:15 Thou shalt not steal.
Exo 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Exo 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Though these Ten Commandments called the Law of God are old, are they outdated? No. Are they still necessary to be kept today for man's best good and happiness? Yes. Everyone needs to come to an intelligent decision regarding God's Law, for the breaking of the Law is Sin (1 John 3:4) and the wages of Sin is Death (Romans 6:23). If we daily choose to have Christ Jesus as our Saviour from sin, who also is our Creator and Lawgiver, then we should also want to daily ask for His help to live in obedience to His will, keeping His commandments. It is His will that we have eternal life through Him (Romans 6:23, Revelation 22:14).

May God help each one of us to love Him and keep His Commandments. Read 1 John and note how many times "commandments" appear as well as the word "love!" They are the Great Law of Love, for God is Love.