Quotes about God's law
2 MY LITTLE children (believers, dear ones), I am writing you these things so that you will not sin and violate God's law. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate [who will intercede for us] with the Father: Jesus Christ the righteous [the upright, the just One, who conforms to the Father's will in every way—purpose, thought, and action].
- Joyce Meyer
Heaven's justice and righteousness must be recognized and maintained. Apart from grace, you find yourself bankrupt and insolvent, desperately in debt and helpless to meet God's judgment. Therefore, your only hope is to fly to the wounded side of the Lord, who in His life kept God's law perfectly and in His death paid the price of your rebellion.
- Alan Redpath
Therefore God's universal law gave to the man despotic power over his female in due awe, not from that right to part an hour, Smile she or lour.
- John Milton
The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin.
- Martin Luther
The law of nature gives a man the right to defend himself when he's attacked. And God's law itself gives a man the right to defend himself when he's attacked.
- Malcolm X
We obey God's Law, not to be loved but because we are loved in Christ.
- Jerry Bridges
Careful obedience to God's law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God
- Timothy Keller
The soul's order is re-established in God through the law.
- Dallas Willard
The way of God's grace becomes indispensable when we realize that the way of God's law is inflexible.
- Tullian Tchividjian
So we can say, reverently, that God never gave us the Law to keep: he gave us the Law to break! He well knew that we could not keep it.
- Watchman Nee
It is a favorite thing with infidels to set their own standard, to measure themsleves by other people. But that will not do in the Day of Judgment. Now we will use God's law as a balance weight.
- DL Moody