{"id":64481,"date":"2023-12-08T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=64481"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:13:59","slug":"what-is-the-law-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-law-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Law? (Garrison)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tOriginal Author Unknown<br \/>\nedited by Michael Garrison\n<p>Have you wondered just what &#8220;the law&#8221; refers to in the New Testament? It does not always refer to the Ten Commandments. Note the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genesis is called the law. Galatians 4:21-23 refers to Genesis 16:15; 21:1-3.<\/li>\n<li>Exodus is called the law in Romans 7:7 which refers to Exodus 36:26-27.<\/li>\n<li>Leviticus is called the law in Matthew 22:35-40 which refers to Leviticus 19:18.<\/li>\n<li>Numbers is called the law in Matthew 12:3-6 which refers to Numbers 28:9-10.<\/li>\n<li>Deuteronomy is called the law in Matthew 22:35-40 which refers to Genesis 4:6-8; II Chronicles 24:15-21.<\/li>\n<li>The Psalms is called the law in John 10:33-35 which refers to Psalms 82:6.<\/li>\n<li>The Prophets are called the law in I Corinthians 14:21 which refers to Isaiah 28:11.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thus &#8220;The Law&#8221; refers to all inspired Scripture in the Old Testament, not just the Ten Commandments.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original Author Unknown edited by Michael Garrison Have you wondered just what &#8220;the law&#8221; refers to in the New Testament? It does not always refer to the Ten Commandments. Note the following: Genesis is called the law. Galatians 4:21-23 refers to Genesis 16:15; 21:1-3. Exodus is called the law in Romans 7:7 which refers to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[177],"class_list":["post-64481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53828,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-law-and-the-commandments\/","url_meta":{"origin":64481,"position":0},"title":"The Law and the Commandments","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Deuteronomy 30:6-16 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Seventh-Day Adventists insist that the only acceptable day of worship is the seventh day of the week, the Sabbath day. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To get to that belief, they insist that the Ten Commandments are separate from the rest of the Law of Moses. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0While\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35881,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-royal-law\/","url_meta":{"origin":64481,"position":1},"title":"What is the &#8220;royal law&#8221;?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I was doing a short study on James 2:1-13 in being brief, I said: \"that the royal law is basically the law of Christ or the law of liberty which very much entails love.\" Do you think I have done justice to the passage by just stating that? 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When men are confused\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20328,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-was-nailed-to-the-cross\/","url_meta":{"origin":64481,"position":3},"title":"What Was Nailed to the Cross?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 21, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: Deuteronomy 4:1-14 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I frequently run into odd ideas about the Old Law, especially when I bring up Colossians 2:13-15 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Oh, most people will accept that Jesus\u2019 death on the cross eliminated animal sacrifices, but they cannot believe all of the Old Testament came to an end. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cSurely you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sermon&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12183,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-mission-of-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":64481,"position":4},"title":"The Mission of Christ","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: Matthew 5:17-20 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There is hardly a denomination in existence that does not appeal to the Old Testament for portions of their practices. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Many of the rituals in the Catholic church find their roots in the Old Testament, such as the burning of incense. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Protestants are not beyond dipping\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sermon&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48923,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-does-james-say-we-will-be-judged-by-the-law-of-liberty\/","url_meta":{"origin":64481,"position":5},"title":"Why does James say we will be judged by the law of liberty?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I'm having some difficulties understanding James 2:8-13. 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