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 Therefore by the deeds of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for through the Law is the full true knowledge of sin.
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under Law but under grace? Let it not be!
23 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things build up.
14 For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,23 meekness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
2 Bear one anothers 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 And the second, like it, 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 as I love you.
12 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
8 Owe no one 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 also loves his brother.
21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence 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 And it shall come to pass, if you take heed to obey the voice of Jehovah your God, to take heed to do all His commandments which I am commanding you today, that Jehovah your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.
16 in that I am commanding you today to love Jehovah your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and Jehovah your God will bless you in the land which you are going in to possess.
12 And now, Israel, what is Jehovah your God asking of you, but to fear Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul,13 and to keep the commandments of Jehovah and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good.
6 And these Words which I am commanding you today shall be in your heart.7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may take heed to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the Law which Moses the servant of Jehovah has charged you, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to cleave unto Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
10 With my whole heart have I sought You; O let me not wander from Your Commandments!
30 I have chosen the way of Truth; Your Justice I have laid before me.
17 But the mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear Him, and His righteousness unto childrens children,18 to such as keep His covenant, and to those who remember His Commandments 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 discipline and admonition of the Lord.
8 O man, He has declared to you what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
24 But let justice flow down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?