“Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.”
Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the Lord. The keeping of the decrees and laws produces life: the person who obeys them will live by them. Ezekiel 20:11 and 13 cite this verse. Romans 10:5 quotes it in the context of the righteousness that comes from the law versus the righteousness that comes from faith. The life promised by the law is the life of the covenant relationship — the life lived in alignment with the God who gives life. The I am the Lord formula that closes the verse grounds the life-promise in the identity of the God who makes it.
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Sarah OkaforNote1mo agoKeep My Statutes and Live
You shall keep my statutes and my ordinances; by doing so one shall live. I am the Lord.
This is presented not as punishment or reward, but as simple cause and effect. Follow the statutes and you liv...
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Amara DialloNote1mo agoLiving Through the Law
After listing sexual boundaries, the law states: 'Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them.' Not 'will be rewarded by them' or 'will be blessed by them,' but 'will liv...
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