An Argument Against God's Law Examined
An “Argument.”—Here is a sample “argument” against God’s law which we clip from an exchange:— “1. The old covenant was broken by the Israelites. “2. The ten-commandment covenant was thus broken. “3. Therefore the ten-commandment covenant is the old covenant and is done away with.” And because men have transgressed God’s law, “therefore” the law is “done away with”! Strange logic. Men have transgressed the laws of California, they have broken the covenant which they made with the state when they became citizens thereof, and “therefore” the law of California “is done away with”! Every one knows such an argument to be nonsense when applied to human things. When Israel “broke” the “old covenant,” they were simply without hope, condemned as sinners, but the law of God which they transgressed was not affected. God does not fail because man does. By his new covenant he writes that same law upon the hearts of all who believe.