Note.—“Does any man say to me, ‘You see, then, instead of the ten commandments, we have received the two commandments, and these are much easier’? I answer that this reading of the law is not in the least easier. Such a remark implies a want of thought and experience. Those two precepts comprehend the ten at their fullest extent, and cannot be regarded as the erasure of a jot or tittle of them. Whatever difficulties surround the commands are equally found in the two, which are their sum and substance. If you love God with all your heart, you must keep the first table; and if you love your neighbor as yourself, you must keep the second table.”—“The Perpetuity of the Law of God,” by C. H. Spurgeon, page 6.
34. What is said of one who professes to know the Lord, but does not keep His commandments?
“He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” 1 John 2:4.
35. What promise is made to the willing and obedient?
“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.” Isa. 1:19.
36. How does God regard those who walk in His law?
“Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.” Ps. 119:1.