Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

The Christian and the Law

What shows that the ten-commandment law, spoken and written at Mount Sinai, is the Christian law? BR-ASI9 255.11

“Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 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. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” James 2:10-12. BR-ASI9 255.12

Note.—James, years after the Christian Era began, emphasizes the obligation of the Christian to keep the law of ten commandments, not merely one precept, but all, and sets forth this law as the standard by which men will be judged in the great day of God. To us, as Christians, God has committed the blessed law in writing, as He did to ancient Israel. This law points out sin to us, that we may confess it and find forgiveness. BR-ASI9 256.1