“If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.” Matt. 19:17.
7. When asked which commandments, what did Jesus say?
“Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Verses 18, 19.
Note.—While not quoting all of the ten commandments, Jesus quoted sufficient of them to show that He referred to the moral law. In quoting the second great commandment He called attention to the great principle underlying the second table of the law,—love to one's neighbor,—which the rich young man, in his covetousness, was not keeping.
8. Does faith render the law void?
“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.” Rom. 3:31.
9. How is the law fulfilled?
“Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment [touching our duty to our fellow men], it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Rom. 13:8-10.
10. What is of more importance than any outward ceremony?
“Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.” 1 Cor. 7:19.