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God’s Law a Wall of Protection, May 11
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the
Lord.
Psalm 119:1
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God, the great governor of the universe, has put everything under law.
The tiny flower and the towering oak, the grain of sand and the mighty
ocean, sunshine and shower, wind and rain, all obey nature’s laws. But
man has been placed under a higher law. He has been given an intellect to
see, and a conscience to feel, the powerful claims of God’s great moral
law, the expression of what He desires His children to be.
God has made known His will so plainly that none need err. He desires
all to have a correct understanding of His law, to feel the power of its
principles; for their eternal interests are here involved. He who has an
understanding of the far-reaching claims of God’s law can understand
something of the heinousness of sin. And the more exalted his ideas
of God’s requirements, the greater will be his gratitude for the pardon
granted him....
In his own strength the sinner cannot meet the demands of God. He
must go for help to the One who paid the ransom for him....
Christ is our hope. Those who trust in Him are cleansed. The grace
of Christ and the government of God walk together in perfect harmony.
When Jesus became man’s substitute, mercy and truth met together, and
righteousness and peace kissed each other. The cross of Calvary bears
witness to the high claims of God’s law.
The law of ten commandments is not to be looked upon as much from
the prohibitory side, as from the mercy side. Its prohibitions are the sure
guarantee of happiness in obedience. As received in Christ, it works in us
the purity of character that will bring joy to us through eternal ages. To
the obedient it is a wall of protection. We behold in it the goodness of
God, who by revealing to men the immutable principles of righteousness,
seeks to shield them from the evils that result from transgression.
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