The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum About two laws

Milan, I'm having a difficult time understanding what you are advocating in regard to the law and what you are rejecting in regard to the law? Hermeneutically and grammatically the word "law" has several different meanings depending upon the context in which it is found. It can and must be understood in a broad sense, e.g., the entire Old Testament or in a narrow sense; civil, ceremonial, moral.

Secondly, the summary of the moral law, the Ten Commandments is to love God with all one's being and one's neighbor and one already loves oneself. But love only provides the object of that love and the motive behind it. Love is the duty required, but the law itself provides the means that the love is to be expressed. It is incorrect to not make that biblical and necessarily logical distinction.

Thirdly, the Ten Commandments were not given restrictively to the nation of Israel, but to all mankind. Every man, woman and child is and will be judged according the the perfect moral law, for it is an expression of God's inherent holy nature. The moral law existed long before the Son of God wrote them on the two tablets of stone on Mount Sinai. They were written on the very hearts of mankind by design (Rom 1:19, 2:12-16; 3:19; 5:13; 1Jh 3:4; et al).

Lastly, there are quite a number of relevant articles on The Highway website on this matter of the biblical understanding of the law both in its division and its use. You can find them by clicking here: Calvinism and the Reformed Faith and click on the "Praxis" link on the left and you will see the articles under the first heading, The Christian and the Moral Law .