Leviticus
18:5 – Keep my decrees and laws, for
the person who obeys them will live by them. I
am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 4:1 – Now, Israel,
hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you.
Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of
the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
Isaiah 55:3 – Give ear
and come to me; listen, that you
may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
Ezekiel 18:9 – He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws.
That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the
Sovereign Lord.
Application:
- · The law was the way of life for the redeemed, not a way of salvation for the lost.
- · God’s call to His people to hear and obey is a frequent theme in the Old Testament.
- · For your soul to live, you must give ear to God, come to God and hear God.
- · The righteous man follows God’s decrees and faithfully keeps His laws.
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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