Lei
A lei de Deus é expressão do seu caráter e amor. Do Sinai ao Sermão do Monte, a lei orienta, protege e revela o padrão santo de Deus para a vida humana.
O propósito da lei
A lei de Deus revela o pecado e nos conduz a Cristo. Pela lei é que temos consciência do que é justo e do que é errado.
20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!
23 "All things are lawful," but not all things are profitable. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the Law of Christ.
Amar e obedecer
O maior mandamento é amar a Deus e ao próximo. Toda a lei se resume nestes dois mandamentos, que são o fundamento de tudo.
31 The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
12 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.
8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness toward God;22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
Bênçãos da obediência à lei
Se andardes nos meus mandamentos, vivereis. A obediência à lei de Deus traz vida, paz e prosperidade espiritual.
1 It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of the Lord your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that the Lord your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth:
16 in that I command you this day to love the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
12 Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,13 to keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?
6 These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
8 This scroll of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."
10 With my whole heart, I have sought you.Do not let me wander from your commandments.
30 I have chosen the way of truth.I have set your ordinances before me.
17 But the Lord's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him,his righteousness to children's children;18 to those who keep his covenant,to those who remember to obey his precepts.
Lei e graça
A lei veio para nos guiar; a graça veio para nos salvar. Em Cristo, cumprimos a lei pelo amor — o fruto do Espírito não tem lei contra si.
4 You fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
8 He has shown you, O man, what is good.What does the Lord require of you, but to act justly,to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
24 But let justice roll on like rivers,and righteousness like a mighty stream.
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?