Question 93. What is the moral law?

 

Question 93. What is the moral law?

Answer. The moral law is the will of God declared to mankind. It directs and requires every person to keep and obey it individually and perfectly for all eternity, with all his heart, with all his soul, with all his strength, and in all his duties to God and man, in holiness and righteousness. It promises life to those who keep it, and threatens death to those who break it.

The moral law is like a rule that prevents human behavior from going beyond the boundaries of the law. The moral law is the least restrictive of all laws. Therefore, God commanded the Israelites to keep the moral law within the boundaries of the law.

If you keep the moral law well, you are a good person toward God, and if you don't keep it, you are not a bad person. It is not that those who realize God's will through the moral law are good people, and if they don't realize it, no matter how well they keep the rules, they are not good people. God's will is to make people realize through the moral law that they are beings who do not keep God's word perfectly and are unable to keep it.

The Larger Catechism 92-98 talks about the moral law. It says that the moral law is a rule of religious life that must be strictly observed, and that by doing so, we are obeying God's commands. It says that the moral law is summarized and included in the Ten Commandments.

God gave the Ten Commandments to the people not to strictly follow the commandments, but to keep them in their hearts, understand God's will, and act according to God's heart according to the situation. However, doctrines, like legalism, further entangle believers. It is like putting a yoke on them. However, humans are not beings who can strictly keep the provisions of the law. If they knew that they were beings who could not keep even one of the laws, they should have realized the intention of God giving the law to the people.

 

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