"And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins." Matt. 1:21.
1. From what does Jesus save His people?
"From their sins." Id. From all "iniquity." Titus 2:14.
2. What does Inspiration define sin to be?
"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4.
3. What law is it of which sin is the transgression?
The law which forbids coveting; for Paul says, "I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." See Rom. 7:7-12.
4. What law is it which says, "Thou shalt not covet"?
God's law of Ten Commandments, one precept of which says, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man servant, nor his maid servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's." See Ex. 20:1-17.
5. How many of the precepts of the law shall one violate to become a transgressor?
"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." James 2:10.
NOTE.—"He that offends 'in one point,' manifests contempt for the whole law; his influence and example are on the side of transgression; he becomes 'guilty of all.'"—"Great Controversy," page 582.
6. How many of the Ten Commandments are still "holy, and just, and good"?
"And so the law is holy, and EACH commandment is also holy, and just, and good." Rom. 7:12, Twentieth Century New Testament.
NOTE.—"That is, every branch of the law is holy, just, and good. It springs from, and partakes of, the holy nature of God: it is every way just and right in itself. It is designed wholly for the good of man."—Wesley's note on Rom. 7:12.
7. What does the psalmist say of the nature of the law of God?
"The works of His hands are verity and judgment; all His commandments are sure. They stand fast forever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness." Ps. 111:7, 8.
"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes." Ps. 19:7, 8.
8. Who may have a right back to the Tree of Life from which Adam was deprived through disobedience?
"Be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." See James 1:19-25.
"Blessed are they that DO His commandments, that they may have right to the Tree of Life, and8may enter in through the gates into the city." Rev. 22:14.
Reader, does Jesus save or keep you from sin—from transgression of the law? If not, why not? Study Heb. 7:25, and see.