BIBLE STUDY: CHAP.85 -- THE LAW OF GOD IN THE PATRIARCHAL AGE

Chapter 85.
The Law of God in the
Patriarchal Age
1. CAN there be sin where there is no law?
"Because the law worketh wrath: _____________________________." "________________________________________." Rom. 4:15; 5:13.
2. Through what is the knowledge of sin obtained?
"For _________________ is the knowledge of sin." "I had not
known sin, but ________________." Rom. 3:20; 7:7.
3. What statement shows that sin was in the world before the law was given on Mt. Sinai?
"_________________________: but sin is not imputed when there is no law." Rom. 5:13.
NOTE.-The fact that sin was imputed before the law was given at Sinai is conclusive proof that the law existed before that event.
4. When did sin and death enter the world?
"Wherefore, as _____________ [Adam] ________________, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Verse 12.
5. With what words did God admonish Cain?
"If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, ____________________________." Gen. 4:7.
6. What shows that God imputed sin to Cain?
"And He said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground. And __________________, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand." Verses 10,11.
7. What was the difference between Cain's and Abel's characters?
"Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one; and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? ________________________________." 1 John 3:12.
NOTE.-There must, therefore, have been a standard at that time by which the characters of men were weighed. That standard must have defined the difference between right and wrong, and pointed out man's duty. But this is the province of the law of God. Hence the law of God must have existed at that time.
8. In what condition was the world before the flood?
"The earth also was _________________, and the earth was ________________." Gen. 6:11.
9. What did God purpose to do with the people of that day?
"And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, ____________________." Verse 13.
10. What is Noah called?
"And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, ______________." 2 Peter 2:5.
NOTE.-Noah must have warned the antediluvians against sin, and preached repentance and that obedience of faith which brings the life into harmony with the law of God.
11. Why did the Lord destroy Sodom?
"The men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly." Gen. 13:13.
12. What was the character of their deeds?
"And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their _____________)." 2 Peter 2:7,8.
NOTE.-Their deeds would not have been unlawful had there been no law then in existence. Unlawful means "contrary to law."
13. What did Joseph, in Egypt, say when tempted to sin?
"How then can I do this great wickedness, and _________________?" Gen. 39:9.
14. What did God say to Abraham concerning the Amorites?
"In the fourth generation they [Israel] shall come hither again: for _______________ _______________________." Gen.15:16.
15. Of what sin were the Amorites specially guilty?
"And he [Ahab] did very abominably in _______________________________, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel." 1 Kings 21:26.
16. Why did the Lord abhor the Canaanites?
"Ye shall therefore keep all My statutes, and all My judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spew you not out. And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: ________________________, and therefore I abhorred them." Lev. 20:22,23.
NOTE.-The statement that "they committed all these things" refers to what had been previously forbidden to the Israelites. Among these things was idolatrous worship (Lev. 20:1-5), showing that the Gentiles, as well as the Jews, were amenable to the law of God, and were abhorred of God for violating it.
17. Why did God make His promise to the seed of Abraham?
"Because _________________________________________________." Gen. 26:5.
NOTE.-Then God's commandments and laws existed in the time of Abraham.
18. Before giving the law at Sinai, what did God say because some of the people went out to gather manna on the seventh day?
"And the Lord said unto Moses, ____________________________________?" Ex. 16:28.
19. Had the Lord spoken regarding the Sabbath previous to this time?
"This is that which the Lord _________________, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath." Verse 23.
20. Before coming to Sinai, what had Moses taught Israel?
"When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge, between one and another, and I ___________________________________." Ex. 18:16.
NOTE.-All this shows that the law of God existed from the beginning, and was known and taught in the world before it was proclaimed at Sinai.
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