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Sin and God's Law

We believe that sin is the transgression of the law. The law is spiritual, perfect, holy, just and good. The law defines God's love and is based upon the two great principles of love toward God and love toward neighbor. It is immutable and binding. The Ten Commandments are the 10 points of God's law of love. We believe that breaking any one point of the law brings upon a person the penalty of sin. We believe that this fundamental spiritual law reveals the only way to true life and the only possible way of happiness, peace and joy. All unhappiness, misery, anguish and woe have come from transgressing God's law (1 John 3:4; 5:3; Matthew 5:17-19; 19:17-19; 22:37-40; James 2:10-11; Romans 2:5-9; 7:12-14; 13:8-10).

We believe God created humankind to ultimately become members of His family, destined to inherit immortality and live in a harmonious relationship with Him and each other for eternity (Hebrews 2:6-13).

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Table of Contents that includes "Sin and God's Law"

Redemption:

• _Just Outside My Window
• _"Who Is Worthy?"
• _Destination and Course Correction: Planned From the Outset
• _Why Be Baptized?
• _Promises and Covenants: a Prophetic Legacy
• _The Passover
• _The Need for a Redeemer
• _Why We Need a Redeemer
• _What Is the Value of a Life?
• _Who Delivers Us From Sin?
• _Why Did He Have to Die?
• _Why Should Christians Keep the Passover?
• _Seven Reasons Why Jesus Was Born
• _The Enduring Importance of Christ's Sacrifice
• _God's Awesome Purpose for Those in the First Resurrection
• _One Gave All
• _What Does It Mean to Be Redeemed?
• _National Deliverance from Egyptian Slavery
• _The Redeemer

• _God's Prophetic Plan for the Nations
• _All Men Are Created Equal
• _The Mission and Responsibility of the Church
• _The Day of Atonement: Removal of Sin's Cause and Reconcilitaion to God
• _Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of God
• _The Justice and Judgment of God
• _The Day of Atonement
• _Three Facets of the Gospel
• _Gifts from God: The Foundation of His Relationship with Us
• _Who Is God Calling?
• _Introduction (bsc7)
• _God Wants a Relationship With Us
• _Why Must We Be Reconciled to God?
• _Our Sinful Nature
• _What Does the Bible Teach About Fasting?
• _Reconciliation: A Vital Part of Christ's Message
• _Reconciliation: The Only Remedy for Painful Rejection
• _Reconciliation: The True Path to Healing and Salvation
• _Ending With the Beginning

• _Restoring Moral Levees
• _The Feast of Unleavened Bread: The Lesson of Leaving Sin
• _Other Important Ways Jesus Fulfilled the Law
• _Grace and Law: Why Are They Inseparable?
• _A Royal Law of Love
• _What's So Bad About Sin? (TL)
• _What Is Sin?
• _Cause and Effect: An Often-Overlooked Principle
• _Freedom of Choice or Freedom from Suffering?
• _The Bible's Broader Concepts of Sin
• _Is Our Conscience Important?
• _God's Grace and Forgiveness
• _What is Sin?
• _Did You Sin Today?
• _Three Strikes and You're Out - or Are You?
• _The Lesson of the Feast of Unleavened Bread
• _What Is Repentance?
• _Develop Your Spiritual Senses
• _What Does It Mean to Have Freedom in Christ?
• _Why Do We Sin?
• _How Do You Know It's Bad?
• _How Does the Bible Define Sin?
• _Jericho: The Lesson of Not Coming Into Sin
• _How to Overcome Sin
• _The Concepts of Sin in the New Testament
• _Does God Hate Sinners?
• _Do You Know Why Christ Died?
• _Questions and Answers - Jul/Aug 2003
• _What's So Bad About Sin?
• _Whatever Happened to Sin?
• _What Did Jesus Teach About Sin?
• _What's the Answer to a Better Life?
• _Had a Mental Checkup Lately?
• _It's My Life, and It Isn't Hurting Anyone!
• _Pluck Out the Eye
• _Don't Miss the Mark!
• _What Was the Purpose of Christ's Death?
• _The Three-Letter Word No One Wants to Talk About
• _A Crucial Factor in Producing Fruit: Eradicate the Weeds of Sin
• _Becoming Resensitized

• _Is the World Ready for a Prophet of God?
• _The Rise of a Counterfeit Christianity
• _Changes in Christian Scholars' Perspective on God's Law
• _Follow Jesus Christ's Example of Commandment Keeping
• _Colossians 2:16 Shows Gentile Christians Kept the Holy Days
• _Your Date With Destiny: Meeting the Real Jesus
• _Jesus' Teaching on God's Law
• _The Apostles, the Old Testament and God's Law
• _The 'Curse of the Law'
• _What Did Paul Mean by 'Christ Is the End of the Law'?
• _How Paul Put the Law on 'Firmer Footing'
• _Jesus and Paul Emphasize the Law's Correct Focus
• _The Jerusalem Conference of Acts 15: What Was Decided?
• _Confusion Over Legalism: What It Is and Isn't
• _Liberty Through God's Law
• _The Ten Commandments: Keys in a Law of Love
• _The 'New' Part of Jesus Christ's 'New Commandment'
• _Why Paul Used the Term 'the Whole Law' in Galatians 5:3
• _What Was 'Wiped Out' by Jesus Christ's Death?
• _Did Paul's Words to the Galatians Contradict His Actions?
• _Just What Is Legalism?
• _Was God's Law Abolished in the New Testament?
• _The Ten Commandments in the New Testament
• _Grace, Faith and Law
• _Christ's New Commandment
• _Does the New Covenant Abolish the Commandments?
• _Chapter 3: God's Law and the New Covenant
• _Must We Obey God's Commandments?
• _The Foundation of True Values
• _The Letter and the Spirit of Law
• _Which Commandments Did Jesus Break?
• _How Do We Know That We Love God?
• _Did Jesus Christ Abolish the Law?
• _Who Is the Center of Our Worship?
• _'This Is the Love of God...'
• _Why Tithe in the 20th Century?
• _Why Is the New Covenant Better?
• _Rediscovering Christianity: Scholars Have Second Thoughts
• _Is God's Law Bondage?
• _God's Test Commandment
• _Profiles of Faith: James: Half Brother of Jesus
• _The Spread of Freedom: Foretaste for the Entire World?
• _Did Jesus Do Away With the Law?
• _Jesus, Paul and the New Covenant
• _Why Would the Apostle to the Gentiles Keep the "Jewish" Holy Days?

• _Turning Swords Into Plowshares: Starting Now
• _The Wheat Doesn't Know Hate
• _Forgiving the Unforgivable
• _War's Long Memory
• _The Church of God Today
• _Forgiveness of Sin
• _The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ
• _Repentance
• _The High Priest Essential to Salvation
• _How Does Justification Relate to Salvation?
• _A High Priest Eager to Help Us
• _What is Repentance?
• _If I Knew Then What I Know Now
• _Forgive, and You Shall Be Forgiven
• _The Transforming Power of Forgiveness
• _Just for Youth: Making Peace
• _Questions and Answers - Sep/Oct 2003
• _How Do Your Recover From a Costly Mistake?
• _Repentance: A Profound Turnaround!
• _Repentance, Penance and Grace
• _How Do You Recover From a Costly Mistake?
• _Forgiving Your Parents
• _"Sometimes You Have to Break the Rules"?
• _Thoughts From Dad
• _Do You Remember When?
• _Loving Your Enemies
• _Discover the Power of Forgiveness
• _Are You Pulling Your Own Hair?
• _Can God Forgive Me?
• _Religion With and Without Mercy
• _Forgive
• _What if We Sin After Conversion?
• _God's Forgiveness: What Does He Require From You?
• _A Lesson in Prayer
• _Playing the Enemy
• _Forgiving My Brother