The Moral and Ceremonial Laws

The Royal Moral Law

What title of distinction is given the law of God?BR-ASI9 264.7

“If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.” James 2:8.BR-ASI9 264.8

By what law is the knowledge of sin?BR-ASI9 264.9

“I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.” Romans 7:7.BR-ASI9 264.10

Note.—The law which says this is the Ten Commandments.BR-ASI9 264.11

By what are all men to be finally judged?BR-ASI9 264.12

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep Hiscommandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14. “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” James 2:12.BR-ASI9 264.13

Note.—“The law of liberty,” which says, “Do not commit adultery” and “Do not kill” (verse 11), and is styled “the royal law” (verse 8), that is, the kingly law, is the law by which men are to be judged.BR-ASI9 264.14