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=============================================================== | Property | Moral Law | Ceremonial law | --------------------------------------------------------------- | spoken by | the Lord | Moses | | written by | the Lord | Moses | | written on/in | tables of stone | a book | | stored | in the Ark | by the side of Ark | | given to | Moses | Levites | | given by | the Lord | Moses | | deals with | morality | ceremonies | | function | reveals sin |prescribes offerings for sin | penalty - break | death | no such penalty | | keeping it gives| liberty | bondage | | Christ |establishes <- faith| abolishes | | it is | spiritual | carnal | ===============================================================
Exo 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, (KJV)
Exo 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (KJV)
Exo 20:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children
of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
Exo 24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all
the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said,
All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. (KJV)
Exo 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with
him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone,
written with the finger of God. (KJV)
Exo 32:16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing
of God, graven upon the tables. (KJV)
Exo 24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the
morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars,
according to the twelve tribes of Israel. (KJV)
Deu 31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons
of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all
the elders of Israel. (KJV)
Deu 31:24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words
of this law in a book, until they were finished, (KJV)
Deu 31:25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant
of the LORD, saying, (KJV)
Deu 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness
against thee. (KJV)
Exo 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with
him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone,
written with the finger of God. (KJV)
Exo 24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the
morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars,
according to the twelve tribes of Israel. (KJV)
Exo 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the
people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be
obedient. (KJV)
Exo 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with
him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone,
written with the finger of God. (KJV)
Deu 31:25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant
of the LORD, saying,
Deu 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness
against thee. (KJV)
Deu 10:5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in
the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
Deu 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness
against thee. (KJV)
1 King 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which
Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the
children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. (KJV)
James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth
therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work,
this man shall be blessed in his deed. (KJV)
Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us
free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (KJV)
Gal 5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a
debtor to do the whole law. (KJV)
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not
known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law
had said, Thou shalt not covet. (KJV)
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin
is the transgression of the law. (KJV)
Lev 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering,
and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of
the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
Exodus 20
Lev 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering,
and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of
the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law.
Rom 6:23 "For the penalty of sin is death"
Rom 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Heb 7:16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the
power of an endless life. (KJV)
Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we
establish the law. (KJV)
Rom 2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of
the law shall be justified. (KJV)
Matt 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am
not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (KJV)
Matt 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or
one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled. (KJV)
Matt 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and
shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be
called great in the kingdom of heaven. (KJV)
Matt 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good
thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? (KJV)
Matt 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good
but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the
commandments. (KJV)
Matt 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not
bear false witness, (KJV)
Matt 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself. (KJV)
James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one
point, he is guilty of all. (KJV)
James 2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill.
Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a
transgressor of the law. (KJV)
James 2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of
liberty. (KJV)
1 Cor 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the
keeping of the commandments of God. (KJV)
Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind,
and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they
shall be to me a people: (KJV)
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. (KJV)
1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God,
and keep his commandments. (KJV)
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous. (KJV)
John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I
have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. (KJV)
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (KJV)
Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right
to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Rev 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and
murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Lev 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of
the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the
consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; (KJV)
Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not
for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall
destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with
a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the
midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to
cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it
desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be
poured upon the desolate. (KJV)
Daniel here predicts that the Messiah will die, the destruction of
Jerusalem and then says that He will put an end to the ceremonial law !
ie the sacrifices and offerings for sins. This is proven by the fact
that at His death the temple veil was torn symbolising the end of the
Temple and its services, because Christ was the true sacrifice.
Matt 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; (KJV)
Matt 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; (KJV)
Eph 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of
commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain
one new man, so making peace; (KJV)
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which
was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his
cross; (KJV)
Col 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them
openly, triumphing over them in it. (KJV)
Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of
an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: (KJV)
Col 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Heb 7:18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before
for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. (KJV)
Heb 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very
image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they
offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Heb 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered
both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the
service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; (KJV)
Heb 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal
ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. (KJV)
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. (KJV)
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it
he had rested from all his work which God created and made. (KJV)
Now we know that :
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law. (KJV)
Rom 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no
transgression. (KJV)
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not
known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law
had said, Thou shalt not covet. (KJV)
So that if sin exists it is because there is a law to point it out, right.
basically NO LAW -> NO SIN.
2 Pet 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to
hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved
unto judgment; (KJV)
Gen 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually. (KJV)
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws. (KJV)
Gen 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
Gen 39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast
her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
Gen 39:8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master
wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all
that he hath to my hand;
Gen 39:9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back
any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I
do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Israel kept the Sabbath even before the giving of the
law at Sinai even before they made the convenant.
Exo 16:22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as
much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the
congregation came and told Moses. (KJV)
Exo 16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To
morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that
which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that
which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Exo 16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not
stink, neither was there any worm therein.
Exo 16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the
LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
Exo 16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the
sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Exo 16:27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the
seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my
commandments and my laws?
Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he
giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every
man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day. (KJV)
God does will not change or abolish His Law
Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. (KJV)
Ps 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of
my lips. (KJV)
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh
down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning. (KJV)
Mal 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed. (KJV)
Mal 3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine
ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return
unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we
return? (KJV)