DIV4/6: CHRISTIAN TEACHING OF THE LAW

EXAMINE THE CHRISTIAN TEACHING ON LAW

The following show that law is permitted in the bible;

• Genesis 1:28 indicates God giving man to the command to go produce and subdue the world.
• Exodus 19 and 20 this indicates that in the bible God gave Israelites laws to follow.
• Duet 5:31-33 teaches that laws must be respected in maintain harmony.
• Israelites were given laws on the kind of sacrifices to offer to God and also animals and birds to eat and not to be eaten Leviticus.

• Christianity teaches that both men and women are equal before God.
• Ezekiel 18:18-20 teaches that those who break the law must be punished.
• Jesus recognized the Ten Commandments and summarized them into two . That is to say, love the Lord your God with all your heart and also love your neighbors and enemies.
• Jesus improved the Sabbath law by teaching that the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.
• Christianity in the book Romans 13:1ff teaches that all believers should obey the laws without questioning.
• In Mathew 5:16, in the beatitudes Jesus did not come to abolish the law but to perfect it.
• The letter of 1 Peter 2:13-17 teaches Christians to observe civil and criminal laws thus showing how laws are important in society.

• In the book of Acts 5:29 and 4:19 teaches that were the development law contradicts with Christians teaching. A Christian should obey God’s law rather than government law.
• Christianity also teaches that Jesus respected the law of the Jews . For example he supported the issue of paying taxes to Caesar the Roman ruler.
• Christian teaching is that strict observation of the law can make one ran away from God because laws doesn’t bring salvation.
• In the letter of Paul to the Galatians, he also taught about the law where he said, the law does not put man right with God but its through faith.