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.
It is not because people have done the things that God’s laws require that God will ◄erase the record of their sins/declare them no longer guilty for sin►, because no one has done those things completely. In fact, the result of our knowing God’s laws is that we know clearly that we have sinned (OR, are sinful).
If someone should conclude that people can sin now because they are not obligated to obey the Mosaic laws, I would say, "Certainly not!" Instead, let your minds compel your bodies to act righteously.
I suppose that certain people might think about what I have just said and they might say [RHQ], "You say that the laws God gave Moses did not enable us to stop sinning, but that God is now treating us kindly in ways we do not deserve. ◄That seems to mean that God permits us to continue sinning./Does that mean that God permits us to continue sinning?► [RHQ]" My reply to that is no, we should certainly not continue sinning
It is all right to eat food offered to idols, but we should not do so if it would offend those who think that it is wrong.
Some people say, "God permits believers to do anything." But I say that not everything that people do benefits those who do it! Yes, some people say, "God permits believers to do all things." But not everything that people do helps them to become spiritually mature.
Keep in mind that we can sum up all of the laws that God has given us in one law, which is: "You must love each person you come in contact with, just like you love yourself."
But God’s Spirit causes us to do these things: We love others. We are joyful. We are peaceful. We are patient. We are kind. We are good. We are ones whom others can trust. We are gentle. We control our behavior. There is no law that says people should not think and act in such ways.
When there are ones who have problems, you should help each other. By doing that, you will complete what Christ requires.
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.
The next most important commandment is: ‘You must love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these two!"
What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Jesus taught that we should treat others as we would like them to treat us.
"So in whatever way you want others to act toward you (pl), that is the way you (pl) should act toward them, because that sums up what Moses wrote in the laws that God gave him and also what the prophets wrote long ago."
Do not leave any debt unpaid. Your only continual obligation is to love one another, because doing so fulfills all that God’s law requires.
Pay all of your debts when you are supposed to pay them. The only thing that is like a debt that you should never stop paying is to love one another. Whoever loves others has fulfilled all that God requires in his laws.
Keep in mind that this is what God has commanded us: If we love him, we must also love our fellow believers.
Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty because of our sins, we can pray to God confidently. And, when we confidently pray to him and request something from him, we receive it because we do what he commands us to do, and because we do what pleases him.
Bênçãos da obediência à lei
Se andardes nos meus mandamentos, vivereis. A obediência à lei de Deus traz vida, paz e prosperidade espiritual.
The blessings from obeying God
"If you do what Yahweh our God tells you to do and faithfully obey everything that I am today commanding you to do, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation on the earth.
I say again, if you obey the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, and if you love him and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and if you obey all his rules and regulations, you will prosper and become very numerous, and Yahweh our God will bless you in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
What Yahweh required
"Now, you Israeli people, I will tell you [RHQ] what Yahweh our God requires/demands that you do. He requires you to revere him, to conduct your lives as he wants you to, to love him, and to serve him wholeheartedly [DOU], and to obey all of his commandments [DOU] which I am giving to you today for your benefit.
Never forget [IDM] these commands that I am giving to you today. Teach them to your children again and again. Talk about them all the time: When you are in your houses and when you are walking outside; talk about them when you are lying down and when you are doing things.
Make sure to habitually read to the people some of the laws that God gave Moses. Meditate on those laws every day and every night. And be sure to obey all those laws. If you do that, you will be successful in everything that you do [DOU].
Moses also commanded you to love Yahweh your God and to obey his commands, and to continue to worship him and serve him by everything that you think and everything that you do."
I try to serve you with my entire inner being;
do not allow me to ◄wander away from obeying/disobey► ◄your commands/what you have commanded►.
I have decided that I will faithfully/always obey you;
I have ◄paid attention to/heeded► ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►.
But Yahweh will faithfully keep loving forever
all those who revere him.
He will act fairly to our children and to their children;
he will act that way to all those who obey the agreement he made with them to bless them if they did what he told them to do,
to all those who obey what he has commanded.
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.
You parents (OR, You fathers), do not treat your children so severely that they become angry. Instead, bring them up well by instructing them and by disciplining them in the manner that the Lord Jesus wants you to do.
No, because he has shown each of us what is good to do;
he has shown [RHQ] us what he requires each of us to do:
He wants us to do what is just/fair and to love and to be merciful to others,
and he wants us to live humbly while we fellowship with him, our God.
Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be never stop,
like [SIM] the water in a river that never stops flowing.
Do not get involved with people who do not honor God.
Do not ◄team up/have a close relationship► with anyone who does not trust in Christ. I say this because we who trust in Christ and do what is right should not [RHQ] want to do things with wicked people. Or to say it in another way, just like light and darkness never join together, so those who belong to Christ and those who belong to Satan should never join together [RHQ].