October 26^th 2011 Wednesday Message Summary

Scriptures: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:16-17, Genesis 3:1-6, Genesis 3:11-19, John 14:6

If people don’t learn about God’s laws, and as a result fail to obey them because they don’t know, then they cannot receive salvation. Instead, they will receive the corresponding punishment due to sin. Therefore, those who believe in God and Jesus must learn about God’s laws more than anything else, and they must know them and obey them.

Listen carefully to the Word, and instead of just saying that the law is scary, keep the Lord’s words well so that you will not receive the suffering of Hell. God’s laws are the truth; therefore, if you keep them, you will be safe, you will have peace in your heart, you will definitely dwell in righteousness, your salvation will also become certain, and you will receive an absolute reward.

God establishes laws with which He judges fairly and repays only according to what each person has done. To those who have done wrong, God gives an opportunity to repent, and if they repent, He justly carries out only what those who have repented deserve.

There was the first law that God gave to mankind when He started the salvation history on earth. There was no other law given other than these two laws: ‘Do not eat the fruit,’ and ‘Do not touch it.’  It was because if they only kept these two laws, they could fulfill the Will of God of that time period. God said that as long as they kept these two laws, they could be fruitful, increase in number, rule over and govern all creation, and live receiving the blessings of God.

Even now, Satan tempts people saying that it’s okay to do the things that are prohibited by God’s law. Among the various types of temptations, Satan’s biggest goal is to entice people through sexual temptation. In this way, he cuts off people’s connection with God and Jesus. Also, Satan makes brothers and sisters hate one another, and thus creates a division among them.

Because of the fall of Adam and Eve, their descendants also continued to commit various sins unavoidably. For this reason, when the time came, God gave the Ten Commandments through Moses. God gave the law of Heaven and the law of the earth and taught people what sin is. By having them abide by that law, God enabled them to avoid sinning and receive salvation by observing the laws. Now, He has given us more laws than the Ten Commandments and taught us what sins are.

If we break the law, it’s ‘sin.’ If we keep the law, it’s ‘righteousness.’ Good and evil can be discerned through the law. Those who don’t keep the Word of truth are ‘the evil,’ and those who keep the Word of truth are ‘the righteous.’

If you break the law, you must surely repent. Those who have repented have to pay an appropriate price for their sin and afterward they become free from the sin according to God’s fair judgment. After you repent, you must perform many acts of righteousness. Even if there isn’t a law for something, we have to always sense and realize God’s law through the ‘law of conscience.’ God gave human beings a ‘conscience.’ Thus, no one can be free from the law of conscience. Everything that goes against our conscience is sin.