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?