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 will no flesh 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? God forbid.
23 All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify.
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: You will love your fellow man as yourself.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
2 Bear{} one another's burdens, and so you{} will 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 will love your fellow man 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 the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
8 Owe no man anything, except to love one another: for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
21 And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God love his brother also.
21 Beloved, if our heart doesn't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;22 and whatever we ask we receive of 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 And it will come to pass, if you will listen diligently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth:
16 If you obey the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you this day to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, then you will live and multiply, and Yahweh your God will bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
12 And now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,13 to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?
6 And these words, which I command you this day, will be on your heart;7 and you will teach them diligently to your sons, and will 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 book of the law will not depart out of your mouth, but you will meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it: for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the slave of Yahweh commanded you{}, to love Yahweh your{} God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to stick to him, and to serve him with all your{} heart and with all your{} soul.
10 With my whole heart I have sought you: Oh don't let me wander from your commandments.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Your ordinances I have set [before me].
17 But the loving-kindness of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, And his righteousness to sons of sons;18 To such as keep his covenant, And to those who remember his precepts to do them.
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 And, you{} fathers, do not provoke your{} children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does Yahweh require of you, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
24 But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
14 Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what communion has light with darkness?