THE LAW OF GOD
An Outline By
A. L. Grabner
A CHIEF PURPOSE OF DIVINE LAW
To convince the sinner of his innate sinfulness
and of his manifold offences against the holy will of God, 1
of the guilt 2 incurred by the original and
actual sin, and of the righteous wrath of God,3
is, since the fall of man, a chief purpose of divine Law.
1.
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.
Rom. 3, 20: Therefore by the deeds of the Law there shall
no flesh be justified in His sight; for by the law is the knowledge of
sin.
Dan. 9, 5: We have sinned and have committed iniquity, and
have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Thy precepts
and from Thy judgements.
2.
Rom. 2,12. 14. 15: For as many as have sinned without the law
shall also perish without Law: and as many as have sinned in the Law shall
be judged by the Law. (14) For when the Gentiles, which have not the Law,
do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the Law,
are a law unto themselves: which show the work of the law written in their
hearts, their conscience also hearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile
accusing or else excusing one another.
Rom. 3, 19: Now we know that what things soever the Law saith
it saith to them who are under the Law, that every mouth may be stopped,
and all the world may become GUILTY before God.
3.
Dan. 9, 10.11: Neither have we obeyed the "voice of the Lord,
our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants, the
prophets. Yea, all Israel have transgressed Thy Law, even by departing,
that they might not obey Thy voice; THEREFORE the curse is poured upon
us. and the oath that is written in the law of Moses, the servant of God,
because we have sinned against Him.
Ps. 51, 3.4: For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin
is ever before me. Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done this
evil in Thy sight, that Thou mightest be justified when Thou speakest,
and be clear when Thou judgest.
Exod. 20, 5: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor
serve them; for I the Lord, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of
them that hate me.
Rom. 3, 19: Now we know that what things soever the Law saith
it saith to them who are under the Law, that every mouth may be stopped,
and all the world may become guilty before God.
FIRST COMMANDMENT
The Law condemns all who have other gods before
the true God, 1 especially those who are ignorant
of, or deny, the true God, 2 or who do not
fear, 3 love, 4
or trust in 5 God above all things,
or who worship a creature as God, 6 or fear,
love, or trust in a creature as we should fear, love, or trust in God alone.
7
1.
Exod. 20, 2: I am the Lord, thy God.
Deut. 5, 7: Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
John 17, 3: And this is life eternal, that they might know
Thee the ONLY true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.
Jer. 9, 23. 24: Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man
glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let
not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in
this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord.
2.
Ps. 14, 1: The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They
are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth
good.
1 John 2, 23: Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not
the Father; but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
3.
Ps. 33, 8: Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants
of the world stand in awe of Him.
Gen. 39, 9: How, then, can I do this great wickedness. and
sin against God?
Deut. 10, 20: Thou shalt fear the Lord, thy God; Him shalt
thou serve, and to Him shalt thou cleave.
Ps. 67, 7: God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth
shall fear Him.
Ps. 147, 11: The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him.
Eccl. 12, 13: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
4.
Deut. 6, 5: And thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thine
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Matt. 22, 37: Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord,
thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
5.
Prov. 3, 5: Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean
not unto thine own understanding.
Is. 26, 4: Trust ye in the Lord forever: for in the Lord Jehovah
is everlasting strength.
Jer. 17, 5. 7: Thus saith the Lord, Cursed he the man that
trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from
the Lord! (7) Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope
the Lord is!
Ps. 146, 5: Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his
help, whose hope is in the Lord, his God.
Ps. 147, 11: The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him,
in those that hope in His mercy.
6.
Matt. 4, 10: Thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God, and Him only
shalt thou serve.
Is. 42, 8: I am the Lord: that is my name; and My glory will
I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Rev. 10, 10: And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he
said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren
that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God!
7
Matt. 10, 28: Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able
to kill the soul: but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul
and body in hell.
Matt. 10, 37: He that loveth father or mother more than me
is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is
not worthy of me.
Ps. 62, 11: God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this;
that power belongeth unto God.
Cal. 3, 5: Mortify therefore your members which are upon the
earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence,
and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Eph. 5, 5: For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, bath any inheritance in the
kingdom of Christ and of God.
Phil. 3, 19: Whose end is destruction, whose god is their
belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things
Jer. 17, 5: Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth
a man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord!
Job 31, 24: If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the
fine gold, Thou art my confidence.
Ps 146, 3: Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of
man, in whom there is no help.
SECOND COMMANDMENT
The Law condemns all those who take the name
Of God in vain, 1 especially by blaspheming,
2 cursing, 3
false or irreverent swearing, 4 Witchcraft,
5 false doctrine, 6
religious hypocrisy, 7 or open denial
of the true faith, 8 or by refusing or neglecting
to sanctify God's name by prayer, 9 praise,
10 thanksgiving, 11
and the confession of the true faith. 12
1.
Exod. 20, 7: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God,
in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name
in vain.
Cf. Deut. 5, 11.
2.
Lev. 19, 12: And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither
shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
Lev. 24, 16: And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord,
he shall surely he put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly
stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he
blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall he put to death.
Ps. 74, 10: 0 God, how long shall the adversary reproach Shall
the enemy blaspheme Thy name forever?
Gal. 6, 7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked.
3.
James 3, 9. 10: Therewith bless we God, even the Father, and
therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. out
of the same month proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things
ought not so to be.
Rom. 12, 14: Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse
not.
4.
Ps. 24, 3. 4: Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who
shall stand in His holy Place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;
who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Lev. 19, 12: And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither
shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
Zech. 8, 17: And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts
against his neighbor, and love no false oath; for all these are things
that I hate, saith the Lord.
Matt. 5, 33-36: Again. ye have heard that it hath been said
by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform
unto the Lord thine oaths. But I say unto you, Swear not at all: neither
by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is His footstool:
neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt
thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
5.
Deut. 18, 10-12: There shall not be found among you any one that
maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth
divination, or any observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a
charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord.
Lev. 19, 31: Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither
seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord, your God.
Rev. 22, 15: For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers,
and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
6.
Jer. 23, 31. 32: Behold. I am against the prophets, saith the
Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Behold, I am against them
that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause
my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them
not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at
all. saith the Lord.
Ezek. 13, 19: And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls
of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die,
and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people
that hear your lies?
Ps. 50, 16.17: But unto the wicked God saith, what hast thou
to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in
thy mouth? Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind
thee.
Rev. 22, 18.19: For I testify unto every man that heareth
the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these
things,
God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book;
and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy
city, and from the things which are written in this book.
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.
7.
Matt. 15, 8: This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,
and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Matt. 7. 21: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my
Father which is in heaven.
8.
Matt. 10, 33: But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will
I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Mark 8, 38: Whosoever therefore shall he ashamed of me and
of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall
the Son of Man be ashamed, when He cometh in the glory of His Father with
the holy angels.
1 Pet. 3, 15: But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and
be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason
of the
hope that is in you with meekness and fear.
9.
Ps. 50, 15: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver
thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
I Thess. 5, 17: Pray without ceasing!
10.
Col. 3, 16: Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Ps. 103,1. 2: Bless the Lord, 0 my soul: and all that is within
me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all
His benefits!
11.
Ps. 50, 14: Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto
the Most High.
Ps. 106, 1: Praise ye the Lord. 0 give thanks unto the Lord;
for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.
12.
1 Pet. 3, 15: But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and be
ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of
the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.
Matt. 10, 32: Whosoever therefore shall confess me before
him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Rom. 10, 10: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
THIRD COMMANDMENT.
The Law condemns all those who neglect the proper
use of the Word of God, Baptism and the Lord's Supper, especially when
and where they are publicly administered, or who fail to contribute toward
the maintenance of the church and the furtherance of its purposes.
John 5, 39: Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye
have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
John 8, 47: He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore
hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Col. 3, 16: Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in
all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Eccl. 5, 1: Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of
God; and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools; for
they consider not that they do evil.
Ps. 26, 6-8: So will I compass Thine altar, 0 Lord, that I
publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all Thy wondrous works.
Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thine
honor dwelleth.
1 Thess. 2, 13: For this cause also thank we God without ceasing,
because, when ye received the Word of God, which ye heard of us, ye received
it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the Word of God.
James 1, 21: wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity
of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted Word which is able
to save your souls.
Hebr. 10, 25: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together;
as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and so the more as
ye see the day approaching.
Luke 11, 28: But He said, Yea, rather, blessed are they that
hear the Word of God, and keep it,
Luke 10, 16: He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth
you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth Him that sent me.
Luke 16, 29: Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the
prophets; let them hear them.
Gal. 6, 6: Let him that is taught in the Word communicate
unto him that teacheth in all good things.
1 Cor. 11, 24.25: And when He had given thanks, He brake it,
and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you; this do
in remembrance of me. After the same manner also He took the cup, when
He had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this
do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
Matt 28, 19: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Mark 16, 15: And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
and preach the Gospel to every creature.
Col. 2, 16.17: 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: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Rom. 14, 5. 6: One man esteemeth one day above another, another
esteemeth every day alike. Let every man he fully persuaded in his own
mind. He that regardeth the day regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that
regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.
FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
The Law condemns all those who refuse or neglect
to honor and duly 1 obey those whom
God has endowed with authority over them in the family, 2
the church, 3 and the state,
4 or who, being in authority, refuse or neglect to perform the duties
incumbent upon them according to their authority. 5
1.
Acts 5, 29: Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said,
We ought to obey God rather than men.
Matt. 22, 21: Then saith He unto them, Render therefore unto
Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are
God's.
Matt. 20, 25. 26: But Jesus called them unto Him, and said,
Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and
they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so
among you; but whosoever will be great among you, let him he your minister.
1 Pet. 5, 3: Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but
being ensamples to the flock.
2.
Exod. 20, 12: Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days
may be long upon the land which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee.
Deut. 5, 16: Honor thy father and thy mother, as the Lord,
thy God, hath commanded thee, that thy days may be prolonged, and that
it may go well with thee.
Mal. 1, 6: A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master.
If, then, I be a father, where is mine honor? and if I be a master, where
is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, 0 priests, that despise my
name. And ye say, wherein have we despised Thy name?
Eph. 6, 2.3: Honor thy father and mother, which is the first
commandment with promise, that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest
live long on the earth.
Col. 3, 20: Children, obey your parents in all things; for
this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Eph. 6, 1: Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this
is right.
Prov. 23, 22: Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and
despise not thy mother when she is old.
Prov. 30, 17: The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth
to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the
young eagles shall eat it.
3.
Luke 10, 16: He that heareth you heareth me, and he that despiseth
you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth Him that sent me.
1 Thess. 5, 12. 13: And we beseech you, brethren, to know
then which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish
you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And
be at peace among yourselves.
1 Tim. 5, 17-19: Let the Elders that rule well be counted
worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the Word and doctrine
For the Scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out
the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward. Against an elder receive
not an accusation. but before two or three witnesses
Hebr. 13, 17: Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit
yourselves: for they watch for your souls as they that must give account,
that they may do it with joy, and not with grief; for that is unprofitable
for you.
Gal. 6, 6: Let him that is taught in the Word communicate
unto him that teacheth in all good things.
4.
Matt. 22, 21: Then saith He unto them, Render therefore
unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things
that are God's.
Rom. 13, 6. 7: For this cause pay ye tribute also; for they
are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render
therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to
whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
Rom. 13, 1: Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers.
For there is no power but of God: the powers that he are ordained of God.
Tit. 3, 1: Put them in mind to he subject to principalities
and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work.
1 Pet. 2, 13.14: Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man
for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors,
as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and
for the praise of them that do well.
5.
Eph. 6, 4: And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath,
but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
1 Tim. 5, 8: But if any provide not for his own, and especially
for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than
an infidel.
I Pet 5, 2.3: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking
the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy
lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as being lords over God's heritage.
but being ensamples to the flock.
Acts 20.28: Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all
the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost bath made you overseers, to feed
the Church of God which He bath purchased with His own blood.
John 21, 15-17: So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon
Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He said unto
Him, Yea, Lord; Thou knowest that I love Thee. He saith unto him, Feed
my lambs! He saith to him again, the second time, Simon, son of Jonas,
lovest thou me? He saith unto Him, Yea, Lord; Thou knowest that I love
Thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep! He saith unto him the third time,
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because He said
unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto Him, Lord, Thou
knowest all things; Thou knowest that I love Thee Jesus saith unto him,
Feed my sheep!
Rom. 12, 7. 8: Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering:
or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation:
he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence;
he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Rom. 13, 4: For he is the minister of God to thee for good.
But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword
in vain; for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon
him that doeth evil
Gen. 9,6: Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood
be shed; for in the image of God made He man.
1 Tim. 2, 2: For kings, and for all that are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Deut. 1, 16. 17: And I charged your judges at that time, saying,
Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every
man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect
persons in judgment, but ye shall hear the small as well as the great.
Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's. And
the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
FIFTH COMMANDMENT.
The Law condemns every one who neglects to have
the welfare and safety of his neighbor's life and health at heart,1
or who maliciously harms or desires to harm his own or another's
life or health, 2 or is evilly disposed toward
any one. 3
1.
Is. 58, 7: Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that
thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the
naked, that thou cover him, and that thou hide not thyself from thine own
flesh?
James 2, 15.16: If a brother or sister he naked, and destitute
of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed
and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful
to the body, what doth it profit?
Rom. 12, 20: Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if
he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire
on his head.
Hebr. 13, 16: But to do good and to communicate forget not,
for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
2.
Exod. 20, 13: Thou shalt not kill. Deut. 5, 17.
Gen. 9, 6: Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood
he shed; for in the image of God made He man.
Matt. 5, 21: Ye have heard that it was said by them of old
time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger
of the judgment.
Matt. 26, 51. 52: And, behold, one of them which were with
Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant
of the high priest's, and smote off his ear. Then said Jesus unto him,
Put up again the sword into his place; for all they that take the sword
shall perish with the sword.
Rom. 13, 9: Thou shalt not kill.
Matt. 15, 19: For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders,
3.
1 John 3. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and
ye know that no murder hath eternal life abiding in him.
Matt. 5, 22: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with
his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever
shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; but
whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Matt. 5, 25: Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou
art in the way with him, lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to
the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast
into prison.
Col. 3, 12.13: Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy
and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
longsuffering, forbearing one another, and forgiving one another,
if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also
do ye.
SIXTH COMMANDMENT.
The Law condemns every one who carnally knows
a brute,1 or another person of the same sex,
2 or a person of the other sex with whom he
is not 3 or, because of a prohibited degree
of consanguinity or affinity, 4 or because
of an existing marriage of either party with a third person,5
cannot be joined in lawful wedlock, or who, without a sufficient cause,
6 refuses to live with 7
or to love and honor his lawful spouse, 8
or who, by any manner of lewdness or indecency in deed, 9
word, 10 or desire, 11
defiles his body or soul.
1.
Lev. 18, 23: Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself
therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto:
it is confusion. Cf. Lev. 20, 15. 16.
2.
1 Cor. 6, 9.10 Be not deceived neither fornicators, nor idolaters,
nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
. . . shall inherit the kingdom of God
Lev. 18, 22: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind:
it is abomination.
Rom. 1, 27: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural
use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men
working that which is unseemly.
3.
1 Cor. 6,15.18: Know ye not that your bodies are the members
of Christ? Shall I, then, take the members of Christ, and make them the
members of an harlot? (18) Flee fornication! Every sin that a man doeth
is without the body, but he that committeth fornication sinneth against
his own body.
Gen. 39, 9: There is none greater in this house than I; neither
hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife.
How, then, can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
4.
Lev. 18, 6 ff.: None of you shall approach to any that is
near of kit' to him to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord. . . .
Lev. 20, 11 ff.: And the man that lieth with his father's
wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be
put to death; their blood shall be upon them. . . .
1 Cor. 5, 1: It is reported commonly that there is fornication
among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles,
that one should have his father's wife.
5.
Luke 18, 20: Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit
adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy
father and thy mother.
Matt. 19, 9: And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away
his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth
adultery; and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
6.
Matt. 5, 32: Whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for
the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery. See also Matt.
19, 9 sub 6.
7.
Matt. 19, 3-6: The Pharisees also came unto Him, tempting Him,
and saying unto Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every
cause? And He answered and said unto them, Have ye not read that He which
made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this
cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife:
and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but
one flesh. What, therefore, God hath joined together let not man put asunder.
Gen. 2, 24: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.
Eph. 5, 31: For this cause shall a man leave his father and
mother, and shall he joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
1 Cor. 7, 3-5: Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence;
and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of
her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power
of his own body, but the wife. Defraud ye not one the other, except it
he with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and
prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
1 Cor. 7, 15: But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart
A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God hath
called us to peace.
8.
Eph. 5, 25.28. 33: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also
loved the Church, and gave Himself for it. (28) So ought men to love their
wives as their own bodies He that loveth his wife loveth himself. (38)
Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even
as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
1 Pet. 3, 7: Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according
to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and
as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not
hindered.
Col. 3, 19: Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them.
9.
Eph. 5, 12: For it is a shame even to speak of those things which
are done of them in secret.
Matt. 14, 6: But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter
of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
Eph. 5, 18: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess;
but be filled with the Spirit.
Rom. 13, 13.14: Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in
rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife
and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision
for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
10.
Eph. 5, 3. 4: But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness,
let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness,
nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient, but rather
giving of thanks.
Phil. 4, 8: Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest. Whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things
are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
11.
Matt. 5, 28: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman
to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matt. 15, 19: For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
Col. 3, 5. 6. Mortify therefore your members which are upon
the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence,
and covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things' sake the wrath of
God cometh on the children of disobedience.
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
The Law condemns every one who by theft, fraud,
usury, or aleatory devices obtains, or seeks to obtain, what is, or should
be, another's property, 1 all covetousness,
2 prodigality, 3
idleness, 4 and him by whose fault his neighbor
suffers loss or want. 5
1.
Exod. 20, 15: Thou shalt not steal.
Lev. 19, 11: Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely.
1 Cor. 6, 10: Nor thieves, nor covetous, . . . nor extortioners,
shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Prov. 29, 24: whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own
soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
1 Thess. 4, 6: That no man go beyond and defraud his brother
in any matter, because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we
also have forewarned you and testified.
Lev. 19, 35.36: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment,
in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just
ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have.
Deut. 27, 17: Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
Ps. 37, 21: The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but
the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.
Prov. 28, 24: Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and
saith, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Ps. 15, 5: He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor
taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never
be moved.
Hab. 2, 6: Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his!
how long'. and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Jer. 22, 13: Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness,
and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbor's service without wages,
and giveth him not for his work.
James 5, 4: Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped
down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth; and the cries
of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord
of Sabaoth.
Deut. 24, 14: Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that
is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that
are in thy land within thy gates.
2.
Luke 12, 15: And He said unto them, Take heed, and beware
of covetousness!
1 Tim. 6, 9: But they that will he rich fall into temptation
and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in
destruction and perdition.
Rom. 1, 29: Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication,
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy.
Ps 10, 3: For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and
blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
3.
Prov. 18, 9: He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
him that is a great waster.
Luke 15, 13. 18: And not many days after the younger son gathered
all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted
his substance with ritous living. (18) I will arise and go to my father,
and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before
thee.
4.
2 Thess. 3, 10-12: For even when we were with you, this we commanded
you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear that
there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but
are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord
Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread
Eph 4, 28: Let him that stole steal no more, but rather let
him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may
have to give to him that needeth.
5.
Exod. 23, 4.5: If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going
astray, thou shall surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass
of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to
help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Matt. 5, 42: Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that
would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Lev. 19, 36: Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and
a just hin, shall ye have I am the Lord, your God.
Hebr. 13, 16: But to do good and to communicate forget not;
for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
EIGHTH COMMANDMENT
The Law condemns every one who violates the
truth by maliciously thinking 1 or uttering
2 what lie does not know to be true or knows
to be untrue, or pretending to be, to do, or to intend what in fact he
is not, or does not do or intend; 3 by
willfully breaking lawful promises, 4 deceit
fully withholding or concealing the truth, 5
or revealing what should remain concealed; 6
by slandering a fellow-man; 7 or neglecting
duly to protect or defend his good name. 8
1.
Zech. 8, 17: And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against
his neighbor.
Matt. 9, 4: And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, wherefore
think ye evil in your hearts?
1 Cor. 13, .7: Charity beareth all things, believeth all things,
hopeth all things, endureth all things.
2.
Exod. 23, 1: Thou shalt not raise a false report. Put not thine
hand with the wicked to he an unrighteous witness.
Prov. 12, 22: Lying lips are abomination to the Lord; but
they that deal truly are His delight.
Prov. 19, 5: A false witness shall not be unpunished, and
he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Eph. 4, 25: Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man
truth with his neighbor; for we are members one of another.
3.
Prov. 29, 5: A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net
for his feet.
Ps. 5, 6. 9: Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the
Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. (9) For there is no faithfulness
in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an
open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.
Matt. 23, 14: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer; therefore
ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matt. 24, 51: And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his
portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Acts 5, 2.3: And kept back part of the price, his wife also
being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles'
feet But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie
to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4.
Eccl. 5, 4: Pay that which thou hast vowed.
5.
Acts 5, 2.3. See above sub 3.
Prov. 31, 8.9: Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of
all such as are appointed to destruction. Open thy mouth, judge righteously,
and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
6.
Prov. 11, 13: A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that
is of a
faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Prov. 20, 19: He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth
secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
7.
James 4, 11: Speak not evil one of another, brethren! He that
speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of
the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a
doer of the law, but a judge.
Ps. 50, 19-22: Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue
frameth deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest
thine own mother's son, These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;
thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will
reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. Now, consider this,
ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
8.
Prov. 31, 8.9. See above sub 5.
1 Pet. 4, 8: And above all things have fervent charity among
yourselves; for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
NINTH AND TENTH COMMANDMENTS
The Law condemns all men even because of the
evil inclinations and moral impurities of their hearts.
Exod. 20, 17: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his
maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy
neighbor's.
Dent. 5, 21 : Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife,
neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's house, his field. or his man-servant,
or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor's.
Rom. 7, 14.18 For we know that the Law is spiritual; but I
am carnal, sold under sin. (18) For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,)
dwelleth no good thing.
Rom. 8, 7: Because the carnal mind is enmity against God;
for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can be.
Rom. 13, 9: For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou
shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, It is briefly
comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
James 1, 14. 15: But every man is tempted when lie is drawn
away of his own lust, and enticed. Then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth
forth sin: and Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Is. 64, 6: But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our
righteousnesses are as filthy rags.
Ps. 143, 2: And enter not into judgment with Thy servant;
for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Rom. 3, 23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God.
Eph. 2, 3: Among whom also we all had our conversation in
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh
and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Job 44, 4: Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
Not one.
Gen. 8, 21: For the imagination of man's heart is evil from
his youth.