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    LESSON III. The Law not In the New Testament

    Questions to Lesson 3*Where is the whole law of God not found? How many histories of the life of Christ does the New Testament contain? What are they sometimes called? What book comes next? What are the epistles? What is the last book in the Bible called? What things were shown to John in vision? What is there in all these scriptures? What is often spoken of? What does this show us? What did Christ and the apostles affirm to be binding? When was the law of which Christ spoke in Matthew 5:18, given? How much of it does he teach us to keep? What is a part of that law? What does the apostle James say? Haw many commandments of the law does he repeat? What are they? What must we do if we find a whole law of which these two are a part?

    The law of God, as a whole, is not found in the New Testament. This part of the Bible contains four histories of the life of Christ from his birth to his burial and resurrection, sometimes called the four gospels. Then an account of the doings of the apostles, how they preached the gospel, traveling from place to place. This is called the Acts of the Apostles. Then we have the epistles, which are letters written by the apostles to various churches and individuals. And last of all is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, given in vision to John, on the isle of Patmos, showing the things which were to take place afterwards, from that time to the end of the world, and the making of a new heavens and earth, in which the saints will live forever.BIC 8.1

    In all these writings, or scripture, there is no whole code, or body of laws; no part of them is called the law of God. But the law, and the commandments of God are often spoken of, and frequently some of them are repeated. This shows us that there had been a law given, which Christ and his apostles did not think it necessary to give again. But they affirmed the whole law to be binding. Our Saviour had given no body of laws to his disciples when he said, One jot or one little shall in no wise pass from the law. Matthew 5:18. Then he spoke of a law which had been given before the first book of the New Testament was written; and he teaches us to keep the whole of it. He says, 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. Verse 19. We see by reading a little further, that, Thou shalt not kill, is a part of the law he is talking about. The apostle James says, Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. James 2:10, 11. Now James teaches us to keep the whole law, but does not give us the whole law. He gives us, however, two commandments of the law of which he speaks. These two are, Do not commit adultery, and, Do not kill. Now if we can find a whole law, and these two precepts are a part of it, we must keep the whole of it, even if we find it in the Old Testament; for James teaches us that whosoever does not keep the whole is guilty.BIC 8.2

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