The Law Of God In The Patriarchal Age

Obedience Of Abraham. "Abraham obeyed My voice, and kept ... My commandments." Gen. 26:5.

1. Can there be sin where there is no law?

“Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.” “Sin is not imputed when there is no law.” Rom. 4:15; 5:13.

2. Through what is the knowledge of sin obtained?

“For by the law is the knowledge of sin.” “I had not known sin, but by the law.” Rom. 3:20; 7:7.

3. What statement shows that sin was in the world before the law was given on Mt. Sinai?