the law of the king

After Darius, king of the Medes and Persians, had

conquered Babylon, he executed all Babylonian
government officials, except one. That fortunate man was
Daniel, a servant of the true God. Seventy years earlier,
he had been carried from Judah to Babylon as a captive
and made to serve in the palace as an advisor to the
Babylonian kings. Daniel became known throughout the
kingdom for having "an excellent spirit." Daniel 5:12 6:3.
Not only did King Darius spare Daniel, but he "thought to
set him over the whole realm." Daniel 6:3. When the
Medo-Persian officials learned that the king was going to
promote an old Hebrew captive to rule over them, they
were jealous and outraged. So they plotted to entice
Darius to sign a law that for the next 30 days, anyone
who petitioned any god or man except the king would be
thrown into the lions' den (Daniel 6:7). Apparently these men knew that Daniel was
unswerving in his prayer life and firmly committed to obeying the law of his God, which
forbids worship of any other gods (Exodus 20:3). Just as they expected, the officials caught
Daniel praying to God from his open window. When King Darius discovered that he had been
tricked and that his old friend was headed for the lions' pit, he tried every possible angle to
deliver Daniel from the foolish law he had signed. But the law could not be changed. Daniel
went to the lions' den, and God rewarded his faithfulness by sending an angel to shut the
lions' mouths (Daniel 6:22). Prophecy tells us that in the last days, God's people will have to
make a similar decision regarding which king and which law they will obey.

1. Can God's moral law be

amended or repealed?

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 Luke 16:17. And it is easier for heaven and earth to
________, than one tittle of the law to fail.

Psalms 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter

the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Psalms 111:7, 8 All his commandments are sure.

They stand fast for ever and ever.

Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord, I change not.

Answer : ____________________

NOTE: Under no circumstances can God's Ten Commandment law ever be amended or
repealed. It is as permanent as God Himself. Three times in the Bible, earthly kings (Herod,
Ahasuerus, and Darius) made laws they later wanted to change but could not. If the laws of
weak, vacillating kings were unchangeable, how could anyone think that the eternal law of
God, written in stone by His finger, could be altered? Look at this comparison between God
and His law.

Characteristics: God Is: The Law Is:

GOOD Luke 18:19 Romans 7:12
HOLY Isaiah 5:16 Romans 7:12
JUST Deuteronomy 32:4 Romans 7:12
PERFECT Matthew 5:48 Psalms 19:7
LOVE 1 John 4:8 Romans 13:10
RIGHTEOUS Exodus 9:27 Psalms 19:9
TRUTH Deuteronomy 32:4 Psalms 119:142,151
PURE 1 John 3:3 Psalms 19:8
SPIRITUAL John 4:24 Romans 7:14
UNCHANGEABLE Malachi 3:6 Matthew 5:18
ETERNAL Genesis 21:33 Psalms 111:7,8

God's law cannot be changed, because it is a transcript of His character. The glorious words
in Scripture that describe God also describe His law. God's law is His character in writing. It
is no more possible to change God's law than to change God Himself.

2. According to the Bible, what is

sin?

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 1 John 3:4. Sin is the __________________________
of the law.

Romans 3:20 By the law is the knowledge of sin.

Answer : ____________________

NOTE: The devil hates the law because it makes us

aware that we need a Saviour from sin. Romans 4:15
states: "For where no law is, there is no transgression." The law cannot save anyone, but it
shows us God's perfection and our imperfection.

3. To what law does 1 John 3:4

refer?
Romans 7:7. I had not __________ sin, but by the
law: for I had not __________ lust, except the law had
said, Thou shalt not covet.

Answer : ____________________

NOTE: It is God's Ten Commandment law that says, "Thou shalt not covet." So breaking
God's Ten Commandment law, which He wrote with His own finger (Exodus 31:18; 32:16), is
sin. Every sin that any person could ever commit is condemned by at least one of the Ten
Commandments. This is why God's law is called "broad" (Psalms 119:96) and "perfect"
(Psalms 19:7). It covers the "whole duty of man." Ecclesiastes 12:13. When we are aware of
our sin, we look for a Saviour. So the devil especially hates the law, because it sends us
looking for Jesus to save and forgive.

4. Did Jesus keep the Ten

Commandments?
John 15:10. I have ________ my Father's
commandments.

Answer : ____________________

NOTE: Jesus did indeed keep the Ten Commandments as an example for us (1 Peter
2:21).

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 5. How many people have
sinned?
Romans 3:23. For ______ have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God.

Answer : ____________________

6. What is the punishment for

living a life of sin?
Romans 6:23. The wages of sin is _________.

Answer : ____________________

NOTE: If God's law could be changed, it would not have been necessary for Jesus to die
on the cross. The fact that Jesus paid the penalty for sin and died is proof that the law is
unchangeable.

7. Some say the Ten

Commandments are not binding
for New Testament Christians.
What does Jesus say about this?
Matthew 19:17. If thou wilt enter into life, ________
the commandments.

John 14:15 If ye love me, __________ my commandments.

Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments.

Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that __________ the
commandments of God.

Answer : ____________________

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 NOTE: The New Testament plainly teaches that God's people will keep His
commandments. All of us know that the world is in big trouble today because so many no
longer feel it is important to obey God's law. The Bible speaks of our day by saying, "It is time
for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law." Psalms 119:126.

8. How is it possible to keep the

commandments?
Philippians 4:13. I can do all things through
__________ which strengtheneth me.

Romans 8:3, 4 God sending his own Son ...

condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of
the law might be fulfilled in us.

Philippians 1:6 He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of
Jesus __________.

Answer : ____________________

NOTE: When a person is born again, Jesus Christ, through His Holy Spirit, moves into that
person's life and miraculously makes obedience possible.

9. What is the old covenant, and

why did it fail?
Hebrews 8:8-9. Deuteronomy 4:13 And he declared
unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to
perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote
__________ upon two tables of stone.

Hebrews 8:8-9For finding fault with _______, he saith, ... I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. Not according to the covenant that I made
with their fathers in the day when I took __________ by the hand to lead __________ out of
the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded __________
not, saith the Lord.

Answer : ____________________

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 NOTE: The fault with the old covenant was with the people, not with God or His law.

Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD
is sure, making wise the simple.

10. Upon which law is the new

covenant based?
Hebrews 8:10. For this is the covenant that I will make
... saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind,
and write them in their ____________.

Answer : ____________________

NOTE: The two covenants were agreements between God and His people. The old
covenant failed because it was based upon the faulty promises and works of the people.

Exodus 24:7 All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.

The new covenant succeeds because it is God's law written in the heart and is based upon
Jesus' promises and His miracle-working power.

Hebrews 8:10 I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts.

A person's entire nature is changed, so he finds doing God's will a pleasure. Notice that the
new covenant is based on the same law, but it is written in a different place (the heart) and
based on better promises (God's).

11. Doesn't living under grace, by

faith, make keeping God's law
non-essential?
Romans 6:15. What then? Shall we sin [break God's
law], because we are not under the law, but under
grace? ___ _______. (two word answer)

Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? __________: yea, we establish
the law.

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 Answer : ____________________

NOTE: Those who have been forgiven by Jesus for breaking His law are doubly duty-bound
to obey His law. And sensing His blessed forgiveness, they are more desirous than others to
happily follow Jesus.

12. Are people saved by keeping

the law?
Ephesians 2:8, 9. For by __________ are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift
of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Answer : ____________________

NOTE: No one is saved by keeping God's law. All are saved by the miracle-working grace
of God. But those who are saved, or transformed, by the grace of Jesus will want to obey His
law as an expression of their love and thanksgiving to Him.

John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

13. What motivates a person to

obey God's law?
Romans 13:10. Therefore ________ is the fulfilling of
the law.

Matthew 22:37-39 Thou shalt __________ the Lord

thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt __________ thy neighbor as thyself.

1 John 5:3 This is the __________ of God, that we keep his commandments.

Answer : ____________________

NOTE: Love is the magnificent motivator. The first four commandments have to do with my
duty to God. When I love Him, obeying those commands is a pleasure. The last six
commandments embrace my duty to people. If I truly love people, I will not want to do

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14. Can I be a true Christian

without keeping His
commandments?
1 John 2:3, 4. And hereby we do know that we know
him, if we ________ his commandments. He that
saith, I know him, and __________eth not his
commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Answer : ____________________

15. Are some Old Testament laws

no longer binding upon
Christians?
Ephesians 2:15. Having abolished ... the law of
commandments contained in _______________.

Answer : ____________________

NOTE: Yes, the ordinances that regulated the priesthood and the sacrificial system have
been abolished because they prefigured Christ (Colossians 2:13-17). He fulfilled them as the
true Lamb of God.

16. Whom does the devil

especially hate?
Revelation 12:17. And the dragon [devil] was wroth
with the woman [the church], and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed [faithful during the end
time], which keep the ________________ of God, and
have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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NOTE: Satan hates and is infuriated with God's end-time church, which obeys Jesus'
commands and teaches people that there is divine power to change a sinner into a saint.

17. What are some of the glorious

rewards of keeping God's law?
John 15:11. These things have I spoken unto you, that
my joy might remain in you, and that your ______
might be full.

Proverbs 29:18 He that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Psalms 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Answer : ____________________

NOTE: Happiness, joy, peace, and more abundant living come to those who obey God's
law. No wonder David said that God's commands are more desirable than gold (Psalms
19:10).

18. Do you desire to have a loving

relationship with Jesus that will
lead you to be one of His joyful,
obedient children?

Answer : ____________________

Supplemental Study

Parallels Between Bible Characters and Jesus

Many of the Bible heroes are types and patterns of Jesus. Moses, Joseph, David, and
Solomon were all people who, at some point in their lives, foreshadowed the life and ministry
of Christ. The similarities between their experiences were intended to help the world

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 recognize Jesus as the Son of God.

Daniel's experience with the law and the lions is one example of such a spiritual parallel.
Notice the following similarities:

-The leaders in Medo-Persia wanted to remove Daniel from his high position because they
were jealous of his close relationship with the king. Daniel 6:3 says, "The king thought to set
him over the whole realm." Likewise, the leaders in Jerusalem wanted to get rid of Jesus
because they were jealous of His close relationship with the King of the universe (John 5:18-
20).

-The Medo-Persian officials followed Daniel around in an attempt to catch him doing or
saying something wrong (Daniel 6:4). The religious leaders of Jesus' day sent spies to follow
Jesus, hoping to catch Him doing or saying something wrong (Luke 20:19, 20).

-Daniel's enemies could find no fault with him, so they created a trap to accomplish their
purposes (Daniel 6:5-9). Likewise, the chief priests and scribes conspired with Judas Iscariot
to make a trap for Jesus (Luke 22:2-6). However, Pilate declared that he found no fault in
Jesus (John 19:4).

-After Daniel was thrown into the lions' den, a stone was placed over the entrance and
sealed with the government seal (Daniel 6:16, 17). Jesus also was placed in a tomb that had
a large stone at the door and was sealed by the government (Matthew 27:58-60, 65, 66).

-Both Daniel and Jesus were innocent and emerged alive from their earthen prisons (Daniel
6:23 Mark 16:5, 6).

See if you can find other parallels between the lives of Bible characters and the life of Jesus!

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