John 14:15
"If ye love me, keep my commandments. "
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Can God,s moral law be amended or repealed?
Luke 16:17 "And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Psalm 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Psalm 111:7, 8 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. 8They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not.
NOTE: Under no circumstances can God's Ten Commandment Law ever be amended or repealed. It is as permenent as God Himself. Three times in the Bible, earthly kings (Herod, Ahasuerus, and Darius) made laws they later wanted to change but could not. If the laws of weak, vacillating kings were unchangeable, how could anyone think that the eternal law of God- WRITEN ON STONE by His finger-could be altered? Look at this comparison between God and His law.
GOD IS: THE LAW IS: 
Luke 18:19..........................................GOOD..........................................Romans 7:12
Isaiah 5:16...........................................HOLY..........................................Romans 7:12
Deuteronomy 32:4...............................JUST............................................Romans 7:12
Matthew 5:48...................................PERFECT.......................................Psalm 19:7
1 John 4:8............................................LOVE...........................................Romans 13:10
Exodus 9:27...................................RIGHTEOUS.....................................Psalm 19:9
Deuteronomy 32:4.............................TRUTH..........................................Psalm 119:142, 151
1 John 3:3............................................PURE...........................................Psalm 19:8
John 4:24........................................SPIRITUAL......................................Romans 7:14
Malachi 3:6..............................UNCHANGEABLE...............................Matthew 5:18
Genesis 21:33.................................ETERNAL........................................Psalm 111:7, 8
God's law cannot be changed, because it is a transcript of His character. The glorious word in scripture that describes God also describes His law. God's law is His character in writing. It is no more possible to change God's law than to change God Himself
According to the Bible what is sin?
1 John 3:4 sin is the transgression of the law.
Romans 3:20 for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
NOTE: The Devil hates the law because it makes us aware that we need a Savior from sin. Romans 4:15 states: "For where no law is, there is no transgression." The law cannot save anyone, but it shows us God's perfection and our imperfection.
To what law does 1 John 3:4 refer?
Romans 7:7 I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
NOTE: It is God's Ten Commandment law that says, "Thou shalt not covet." So breaking God's Ten Commandment law, which He wrote with His own finger (Exodus 31:18; 32:16), is sin. Every sin that any person could ever commit is condemned by at least one of the Ten Commandments. This is why God's law is called "broad" (Psalm 119:96) and "perfict" (Psalm 19:7). It covers the "whole duty of man." Ecclesiastes 12:13. When we are aware of our sin, we look for a Saviour. So the Devil espcially hates the law, it sends us looking for Jesus to save and forgive.
Did Jesus keep the Ten Commandments?
John 15:10 even as I have kept my Father's commandments
NOTE: Jesus did indeed keep the Ten Commandments as an example for us (1 Peter 2:21).
How many people have sinned?
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God
What is the punishment for living a life of sin?
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;
NOTE: If God's law could be changed, it would not have been necessary for Fesus to die on the cross. The fact that Jesus paid the penalty for sin and died is proof that the law is unchangeable.
Some say the Ten Commandments are not binding for New Testament Christians. What does Jesus say about this?
Matthew 19:17 but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
NOTE: The New Testament plainly teaches that God's people will keep His commandments. All of us know that the world is in big trouble today because so many no longer feel it is important to obey God's law. The Bible speaks of our day by saying, " It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law." Psalm 119:126.
How is it possible to keep the commandments?
Romans 8:3, 4 God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us.
Philippians 1:6 he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
NOTE: When a person is born again, Jesus Christ, through His Holy Spirit, moves into that persons's life and miraculously makes obedience possible.
What is the old covenant, and why did it fail?
Deuteronomy 4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
Hebrews 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah
Upon which law is the new covenant based?
Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people
NOTE: The two covenants were agreements between God and His people. The old covenant failed because it was based upon the faulty promosises and works of the people.
Exodus 24:7 All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.
The new covenant succeeds because it is God's law written in the heart and is based upon Jesus' promises and His miracle-working power.
Hebrews 8:10 I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts.
A person's entire nature is changed, so he finds doing God's will a pleasure. Notice that the new covenant is based on the same law, But it is written in a different place (the heart) and based on better promises (God's).
Doesn't living under grace, by faith, make keeping God's law non-essential?
Romans 6:15 What Then? Shall we sin [break God's law], because we are not under the law, but under grace? god forbid.
Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
NOTE: Those who have been forgiven by Jesus for breaking his law are doubly duty-bound to obey His law. And sensing His blessed forgiveness, they are more desirous than others to happily follow Jesus.
Are people saved by keeping the law?
Ephesians 2:8, 9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
NOTE: No one is saved by keeping God's law. All are saved by the miracle-working grace of God. But those who are saved, or transformed, by the grace of Jesus will want to obey His law as an expression of their love and thanksgiving to Him.
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
What motivates a person to obey God's law?
Romans 13:10 Therefore love is the fulfillinbg of the law.
Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. "
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
NOTE: Love is the magnificent motivator. The first four commandments have to do with my duty to God. When I love Him, obeying those commands is a pleasure. The last six commandments embrace my duty to people. If I truly love people, I will not want to do anything that would hurt them.
Can I be a true Christian without keeping His commandments?
1 John 2:3, 4 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Are some Old Testament laws no longer binding upon Christians?
Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances.
NOTE: Yes, the ordinances that regulated the priesthood and the sacrificial system have been abolished because they prefigured Christ (Colossians 2:13-17). He fulfilled them as the true Lamb of God.
Whom does the devil especially hate?
Revelation 12:17 And the dragon [devil] was wroth with the women [the church], and went to make war with the remnant of her seed [faithful during the end time], which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
NOTE: Satan hates and is infuriated with God's end-time church, which obeys Jesus' commands and teaches people that there is a divine power to change a sinner into a saint.
What are some of the glorious rewards of keeping God's law?
John 15:11 These things that I have spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy bmight be full.
Proverbs 29:18 He that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Psalm 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
NOTE: Happiness, joy, peace, and more abundant living come to those who obey God's law. No wonder David said that God's commandments are more desirable than gold (Psalm 19:10).
What commandment did the beast think to change?