Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

Faith, Love, and the Law

Does faith in God make void the law? BR-ASI9 249.14

“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.” Verse 31. BR-ASI9 249.15

What proves the perpetuity and immutability of the law of God? BR-ASI9 250.1

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. “Christ died for our sins.” 1 Corinthians 15:3. BR-ASI9 250.2

Note.—Could the law have been abolished, and sin been disposed of in this way, Christ need not have come and died for our sins. The gift of Christ, therefore, proves the immutability of the law of God. Christ must come and die, and satisfy the claims of the law, or the world must perish. The law could not give way. The fact that the law is to be the standard in the judgment is another proof of its enduring nature. (See Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14; James 2:8-12.) BR-ASI9 250.3

Who has the promise of being blessed in his doing? BR-ASI9 250.4

“But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.” James 1:25, R.V. BR-ASI9 250.5

How may we know that we have passed from death to life? BR-ASI9 250.6

“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.” 1 John 3:14. BR-ASI9 250.7

And how may we know that we love the brethren? BR-ASI9 250.8

“By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep His commandments.” 1 John 5:2. BR-ASI9 250.9

What is the love of God? BR-ASI9 250.10

“For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments.” 1 John 5:3. BR-ASI9 250.11

Note.—“We cannot conceive of an age when the moral government of the universe shall be changed, because we cannot conceive of God becoming different morally from what He is now and ever has been. . . . This Law of God is holy as He Himself is holy. . . . It is a universal law. . . . The Law of God is just and cannot be unjust—Its justice is universal. . . . It is more than just; it is gracious. . . . It results in welfare, in happiness, in blessedness. It is more than negative, prohibiting wrongdoing. It is more than positive, requiring rightdoing. It is linked with all the outgoing of God’s life towards man; and this means that it is linked with His great compassionate love. The Law of God is full of the love of God.”—O. C. S. Wallace, What Baptists Believe (Southern Baptist Sunday School Workers’ Training Course textbook), pp. 80-83. Copyright, 1934, by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Used by permission. BR-ASI9 250.12

How are those described who will prepare for the coming of Christ? BR-ASI9 251.1

“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12. BR-ASI9 251.2