God's law, the Torah, encompasses His entire instruction, including precepts, statutes, commandments, judgments, and words, serving as a permanent, eternal standard for moral and spiritual conduct. Far from a curse, it is a beautiful blessing that benefits individuals and communities, revives the spirit, and reflects God's very mind. Jesus Christ affirmed its enduring nature, fulfilling rather than abolishing it, and revealing its spiritual character. The law's essence is love: loving God with all one's heart, soul, mind, and strength, and loving one's neighbor as oneself. God's love directs Him toward mankind's good, proven by sending His Son as a sacrifice. We are called to internalize this law, keep His commandments through faith and obedience, and reflect His loving nature toward all. Also see sermons and articles about 'God's Law, Loving'.

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  • Psalm 119:165
    Great peace have those who love Your law,
    And nothing causes them to stumble.

     
  • Psalm 19:7-10
    The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul;
    The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
    The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;
    The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
    The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever;
    The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
    More to be desired are they than gold,
    Yea, than much fine gold;
    Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

     
  • Psalm 119:97
    Oh, how I love Your law!
    It is my meditation all the day.

     
  • Psalm 119:99
    I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    For Your testimonies are my meditation.

     
  • 1 John 5:3
    For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
     
  • Psalm 37:31
    The law of his God is in his heart;
    None of his steps shall slide.
     
  • Psalm 119:113
    I hate the double-minded,
    But I love Your law.

     
  • Romans 7:25
    I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
     


Related Scriptures

  • Romans 7:12
    Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
     
  • Jeremiah 31:31-33
    "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
     
  • Romans 8:7
    Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
     
  • Hebrews 8:10
    For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
     
  • Romans 1:28
    And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
     
  • Hebrews 10:16
    "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,"
     
  • Proverbs 29:18
    Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint;
    But happy is he who keeps the law.

     
  • Romans 3:31
    Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.