Pertinent Questions with Answers in Scripture Texts
1. Does Christ give assurance of the perpetuity of all the law? "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." Matt. 22:37-40. 2. Is there Sabbath law in the New Testament? "Wherefore it is lawful [in harmony with law] to do well on the Sabbath days." Matt. 12:12. 3. Did Christ observe the law, and thus magnify it? "I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love." John 15:10. "He will magnify the law, and make it honorable." Isa. 42:21. "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Matt. 5:19. 4. In whose name and through whose counsel must men obtain eternal life? "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12. "And a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, . . . Thou knowest the commandments." Luke 18:18-20. "And He said unto him, . . . If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." Matt. 19:17. 5. Should the life be in harmony with the whole law? "If ye fulfil the royal law according to the Scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well. . . . For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For He that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty." James 2:8, 10-12.