06-17-2023, 01:45 PM
(06-16-2023, 05:47 PM)Leon Wrote: maybe this will help from the gospel center.
First and foremost, we must think of the “law of God” in terms of God. The triune God is the law because his will and nature is the moral standard of the universe. For this reason, God alone has the right and authority to determine what is right and wrong, and to hold his moral creatures, both human and angelic, accountable to whether they have perfectly obeyed his commands.
Scripture first and foremost identifies “the law of God” with God himself. God alone is the Judge of the earth (Gen. 18:25), who always acts consistently with who he is. To fail to grasp this point is to misunderstand who God is and the entire rationale for God’s glorious plan of redemption centered in the obedient life and substitutionary death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
As Creator and Lord, God rightfully deserves and demands perfect obedience and loyal love from his moral creatures, both human and angelic. In this context, the “law of God” refers to his specific commands and demand from us. In creation, this is reflected in God’s command to Adam (Gen. 2:16-17), which is more than a one-time command. Ultimately, God’s demand on Adam, his image-bearer and covenant creature, is to perfectly obey God in a relationship of love and trust.
Thank you, but you’re also conveniently ignoring everything else I have said. Everyone, I would wager you as well, is going to selectively apply God’s word. The Bible was written in a society that was significantly different than ours and our morals have evolved. We don’t go around killing women for lying about being a virgin, for instance. That would be an example of selectively applying the word.
