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 wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a 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 to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;
14 for all the law in one word is fulfilled -- in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;
22 And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,23 meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;
2 of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the 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 [is] like [it], this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; -- greater than these there is no other command.
12 This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;
12 All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
8 To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other -- law he hath fulfilled,
21 and this [is] the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.
21 Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,22 and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,
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 hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,
16 in that I am commanding thee to-day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments; and thou hast lived and multiplied, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in the land whither thou art going in to possess it.
12 And now, Israel, what is Jehovah thy God asking from thee, except to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,13 to keep the commands of Jehovah, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day, for good to thee?
6 and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart,7 and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,
8 the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.
5 Only, be very watchful to do the command and the law which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and to cleave to Him, and to serve Him, with all your heart, and with all your soul.
10 With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
30 The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,
17 And the kindness of Jehovah [Is] from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons sons,18 To those keeping His covenant, And to those remembering 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 the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.
8 He hath declared to thee, O man, what [is] good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?
24 And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.
14 Become not yoked with others -- unbelievers, for what partaking [is there] to righteousness and lawlessness?