Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
The command is to do God's judgments and to keep His ordinances by walking in them, making obedience a continual way of life rather than a single act. This requirement rests on who He is, for He speaks and commands as the LORD God, and His identity and authority are the ground of the duty to obey. For Israel that obedience was the condition on which God's promises were to be received. Doing His statutes and judgments gives life, so that the one who does them shall live in them, because the commandment was ordained to life.
The law itself is not sin but holy; its office is to detect sin and to condemn transgression unto death, while obedience brings life and conformity to God's will in sanctification. Israel's failure to walk in God's commands kept them from entering the promised land, and continued disobedience still hinders God's work and delays the sealing until people have opportunity to hear and accept the final message of mercy. The command forbids departing from God's word in order to exalt human authority, teaching, or tradition above it. Applied to the Sabbath, it requires remembering the seventh day and keeping it holy, and that requirement stands unchanged and is not to be set aside or altered for human teaching or tradition.
The command is to do God's judgments and to keep His ordinances by walking in them, making obedience a continual way of life rather than a single act. This requirement rests on who He is, for He speaks and commands as the LORD God, and His identity and authority are the ground of the duty to obey. For Israel that obedience was the condition on which God's promises were to be received. Doing His statutes and judgments gives life, so that the one who does them shall live in them, because the commandment was ordained to life.
The law itself is not sin but holy; its office is to detect sin and to condemn transgression unto death, while obedience brings life and conformity to God's will in sanctification. Israel's failure to walk in God's commands kept them from entering the promised land, and continued disobedience still hinders God's work and delays the sealing until people have opportunity to hear and accept the final message of mercy. The command forbids departing from God's word in order to exalt human authority, teaching, or tradition above it. Applied to the Sabbath, it requires remembering the seventh day and keeping it holy, and that requirement stands unchanged and is not to be set aside or altered for human teaching or tradition.