Foundations of Faith and Life in Jesus

Lesson 2 - God's Perfection and His Requirements

Questions: What is God like? What are the ten commandments? Who has sinned? What are the consequences of sin?

But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness.
Isaiah 5:16 (p. 513)
For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity.
Isaiah 61:8a (p. 558)

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Hebrews 1:9a (p. 888)
Such a high priest meets our need--one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
Hebrews 7:26 (p. 892)

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless.
2 Samuel 22:31a (p. 242)

And God spoke all these words: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand [generations] of those who love me and keep my commandments. You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Exodus 20:1-17 (pp. 56, 57)

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23 (p. 838)

For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
James 2:10 (pp. 897, 898)

Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
Deuteronomy 24:16 (p. 147)

The soul who sins is the one who will die.
Ezekiel 18:20a (p. 631)

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
Revelation 20:12 (p. 921)

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 (p. 840)

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