Meaning of Law Made in Biblical Context

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1. Smith's Bible Dictionary “Smith's Bible Dictionary: Law — The word is properly used, in Scripture as elsewhere, to express a definite commandment laid down by any recognized authority; but when the word is used with the article, and without any words of limitation, it refers to the expressed will to God, and in nine cases out of ten to the Mosaic law, or to the Pentateuch of which it forms the chief portion. The Hebrew word torah (law) lays more stress on its moral authority, as teaching the truth and guiding in the right way; the Greek nomos (law), on its constraining power as imposed and enforced by a recognized auth”
2. Easton's Bible Dictionary “Easton's Bible Dictionary: Law — A rule of action. (1.) The Law of Nature is the will of God as to human conduct, founded on the moral difference of things, and discoverable by natural light (Rom. 1:20; 2:14, 15). This law binds all men at all times. It is generally designated by the term conscience, or the capacity of being influenced by the moral relations of things. (2.) The Ceremonial Law prescribes under the Old Testament the rites and ceremonies of worship. This law was obligatory only till Christ, of whom these rites were typical, had finished his work (Heb. 7:9, 11; 10:1; Eph. 2:16). I”
3. MACULA Greek “John 1:17 — Greek linguistic analysis (MACULA): Text: ὅτι ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγένετο Word-by-word: ὅτι = "For" [3754] CONJ; ὁ = "the" [3588] T-NSM; νόμος = "law" [3551] N-NSM; διὰ = "through" [1223] PREP; Μωϋσέως = "Moses" [3475] N-GSM; ἐδόθη = "was given" [1325] V-API-3S; ἡ = "-" [3588] T-NSF; χάρις = "grace" [5485] N-NSF; καὶ = "and" [2532] CONJ; ἡ = "-" [3588] T-NSF; ἀλήθεια = "truth" [225] N-NSF; διὰ = "through" [1223] PREP; Ἰησοῦ = "Jesus" [2424] N-GSM; Χριστοῦ = "Christ" [5547] N-GSM; ἐγένετο = "came" [1096] V-2ADI-3S”
4. Smith's Bible Dictionary “Smith's Bible Dictionary: Law Of Moses — It will be the object of this article to give a brief analysis of the substance of this law, to point out its main principles, and to explain the position which it occupies in the progress of divine revelation. In order to do this the more clearly, it seems best to speak of the law, 1st. In relation to the past; 2d. In its own intrinsic character. + (a) In reference to the past, it is all-important, for the proper understanding of the law, to remember its entire dependence on the Abrahamic covenant. See (Galatians 3:17-24) That covenant had a twofold ch”
5. Torrey's Topical Textbook “Torrey's Topical Textbook: Oaths — The lawful purpose of, explained -- Heb 6:16. Antiquity of -- Ge 14:22; 24:3,8. Used for Confirming covenants. -- Ge 26:28; 31:44,53; 1Sa 20:16,17. Deciding controversies in courts of law. -- Ex 22:11; Nu 5:19; 1Ki 8:31. Pledging allegiance to sovereigns. -- 2Ki 11:4; Ec 8:2. Binding to performance of sacred duties. -- Nu 30:2; 2Ch 15:14,15; Ne 10:29; Ps 132:2. Binding to performance of any particular act. -- Ge 24:3,4; 50:25; Jos 2:12. Judicial from of administering -- 1Ki 22:16; Mt 26:63. Often accompanied by raising up the hand -- Ge 14:22; Da 12:7; Re 10:”
6. Torrey's Topical Textbook “Torrey's Topical Textbook: Law of God, The — Is absolute and perpetual -- Mt 5:18. Given To Adam. -- Ge 2:16,17; Ro 5:12-14. To Noah. -- Ge 9:6. To the Israelites. -- Ex 20:2-17; Ps 78:5. Through Moses. -- Ex 31:18; Joh 7:19. Through the ministration of angels. -- Ac 7:53; Ga 3:19; Heb 2:2. Described as Pure. -- Ps 19:8. Spiritual. -- Ro 7:14. Holy, just, and good. -- Ro 7:12. Exceeding broad. -- Ps 119:96. Perfect. -- Ps 19:7; Ro 12:2. Truth. -- Ps 119:142. Not grievous. -- 1Jo 5:3. Requires obedience of the heart -- Ps 51:6; Mt 5:28; 22:37. Requires perfect obedience -- De 27:26; Ga 3:10; Ja”
7. Hebrews “Hebrews 7:19 (Geneva1599) — For the Law made nothing perfite, but the bringing in of a better hope made perfite, whereby we drawe neere vnto God.”
8. Psalms “Psalms 19:7 (BBE) — The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.”
9. Schaff ANF/NPNF (Patristic) “NPNF1 Vol 5: Augustine — Anti-Pelagian — CHAP. 16 X.] --HOW THE LAW WAS NOT MADE (part 1): FOR a RIGHTEOUS MAN. Because "for a righteous man the law was not made;" (6) and yet "the law is good, if a man use it lawfully." (7) Now by connecting together these two seemingly contrary statements, the apostle warns and urges his reader to sift the question and solve it too. For how can it be that "the law is good, if a man use it lawfully," if what follows is also true: "Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man?" (7) For who but a righteous man lawfully uses the law? Yet it is not ”
10. CCEL (Reformed) “John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, section 44: doing in the sight of God. Hearing the commandments, “Thou shalt not kill,” “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” “Thou shalt not steal,” they do not unsheathe their sword for slaughter, nor defile their bodies with harlots, nor put forth their hands to other men’s goods. So far well; but with their whole soul they breathe out slaughter, boil with lust, cast a greedy eye at their neighbour’s property, and in wish devour it. Here the principal thing which the Law requires is wanting. Whence then, this gross stupidity, but just because t”
11. CCEL (Reformed (Old Princeton)) “Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, Vol. 3, section 39: with the Scriptural doctrine that even the most degraded heathen are a law unto themselves, and show the work of the law written on their hearts. As the revelation which God has made of his eternal power and Godhead in his works is true and trustworthy, and sufficient to render ignorance or denial of his existence inexcusable, while it does not supersede the necessity of a clearer revelation in his word; so there is an imperfect revelation of the law made in the very constitution of our nature, by which those who have no other revelation ”
12. 2 Corinthians (Baptist/Reformed) “John Gill on 2 Corinthians 3:9: For even that which was made glorious,.... The apostle grants that there was a glory in the law: it "was made glorious"; it was glorious in the author of it, who is God; it was of his appointing and ordaining, agreeable to his nature, and a declaration of his will; his authority was stamped upon it, and it was written by himself, which cannot be said of any other law whatever; it was glorious in its promulgation, God himself appeared in great glory at the giving of it; Christ was then present; it was ordained by angels, and by them delivered into the hands of Mo”
13. Galatians (Presbyterian) “Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Galatians 3:19: "Wherefore then serveth the law?" as it is of no avail for justification, is it either useless, or contrary to the covenant of God? [CALVIN]. added--to the original covenant of promise. This is not inconsistent with Gal 3:15, "No man addeth thereto"; for there the kind of addition meant, and therefore denied, is one that would add new conditions, inconsistent with the grace of the covenant of promise. The law, though misunderstood by the Judaizers as doing so, was really added for a different purpose, namely, "because of (or as the Greek, 'for the”
14. Romans (Baptist/Reformed) “John Gill on Romans 8:2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus,.... These words are of difficult interpretation. They may be understood of the Gospel revealing and declaring deliverance from the law of Moses; wherefore there can be "no condemnation", Rom 8:1, by it. The Gospel may be designed by "the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus"; which may be called a law, not as succeeding the law of works, by which that is abrogated; nor as requiring conditions to be performed, or as enjoining duties to be observed, or as delivering out threatenings in case of disobedience; but as i”