Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 93
Question 93
What is the moral law?
The moral law is the declaration of the will of God to mankind, directing and binding everyone to personal, perfect, and perpetual conformity and obedience thereunto, in the frame and disposition of the whole man, soul and body, and in performance of all those duties of holiness and righteousness which he oweth to God and man: promising life upon the fulfilling, and threatening death upon the breach of it.
Scripture references for paragraph 1
Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.
Deuteronomy 5:1-31Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
2The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
3He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
Deuteronomy 5:3131But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
Deuteronomy 5:3333You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Luke 10:26-2726“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
27He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Galatians 3:1010All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
1 Thessalonians 5:2323Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke 1:7575in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
Acts 14:1616In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
Romans 10:55For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Galatians 3:1212The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
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