Extent of the Law's Jurisdiction.
(Lesson 5.—Sabbath, May 22.) "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4. 2. Is everything that is wrong a violation of the law? "All unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not unto death." 1 John 5:17. 3. Is sin ever imputed where there is law? "Because the law worketh wrath; for where no law is, there is no transgression." Rom. 4:15. 4. Then when we find sin imputed to any people, of what may we be sure? That they have the law of God. 5. What does the Bible say of Cain? "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him." Gen. 4:7, 8. "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous." 1 John 3:12. 6. What is said of the men of Sodom? "But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly." Gen. 13:13. 7. Then, according to Romans 4:15, what must we conclude concerning Cain and the men of Sodom? We must conclude that they knew the law of God, since sin is imputed to them. 8. Why would not God allow Abraham and his family to occupy the land of Canaan as soon as the promise was made? "And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years." "But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full." Gen. 15:13, 16. 9. What was the particular sin of the Amorites? "And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel." 1 Kings 21:26. 10. What law forbids idolatry? The ten-commandment law; "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." 11. What other positive proof have we that