A Reflection of God’s Character
Moses
Moses Confucius
Moses Confucius Solon
Moses
Moses Hammurabi
Moses Hammurabi
No other gods
No other gods No idols
No other gods No idols Name in vain
No other gods No idols Name in vain Keep Sabbath
No other gods No idols Name in vain Keep Sabbath Honor parents
No murder No other gods No idols Name in vain Keep Sabbath Honor parents
No murder No other gods No adultery No idols Name in vain Keep Sabbath Honor parents
No murder No other gods No adultery No idols No stealing Name in vain Keep Sabbath Honor parents
No murder No other gods No adultery No idols No stealing Name in vain No false witness Keep Sabbath Honor parents
No murder No other gods No adultery No idols No stealing Name in vain No false witness Keep Sabbath No coveting Honor parents
Law as a reflection
Law as a reflection #1 – No other gods
Law as a reflection #1 – No other gods #2 – No idols
Law as a reflection
Example: Comstock Laws (1873)
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Illegal to ship or sell contraceptives, filthy books or letters, and more. Fine: up to $5,000 and prison up to 5 years.
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Illegal to ship or sell contraceptives, filthy books or letters, and more. Fine: up to $5,000 and prison up to 5 years.
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Illegal to ship or sell contraceptives, filthy books or letters, and more. Fine: up to $5,000 and prison up to 5 years. Anthony Comstock
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Illegal to ship or sell contraceptives, filthy books or letters, and more. Fine: up to $5,000 and prison up to 5 years. Anthony Comstock
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Illegal to ship or sell contraceptives, filthy books or letters, and more. Fine: up to $5,000 and prison up to 5 years. Anthony Comstock
Example: Comstock Laws (1873)
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Estelle Griswold
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Opened a birth control clinic in New Haven Connecticut in 1961. Arrested, tried, convicted Estelle Griswold
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Opened a birth control clinic in New Haven Connecticut in 1961. Arrested, tried, convicted Estelle Griswold
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Opened a birth control clinic in New Haven Connecticut in 1961. Arrested, tried, convicted Estelle Griswold
Example: Comstock Laws (1873)
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Griswold v. Connecticut
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Struck down the law as violating the right to “marital privacy” found in the “penumbras” and “emanations” of the Constitution Griswold v. Connecticut
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Struck down the law as violating the right to “marital privacy” found in the “penumbras” and “emanations” of the Constitution Griswold v. Connecticut
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Struck down the law as violating the right to “marital privacy” found in the “penumbras” and “emanations” of the Constitution Griswold v. Connecticut
Example: Comstock Laws (1873) Struck down the law as violating the right to “marital privacy” found in the “penumbras” and “emanations” of the Constitution Griswold v. Connecticut
Example: Declaration of Independence (1776)
Example: Declaration of Independence (1776) Thomas Jefferson
Example: Declaration of Independence (1776) The king violated the social contract found in the Laws of nature and nature’s God Thomas Jefferson
Example: Declaration of Independence (1776) The king violated the social contract found in the Laws of nature and nature’s God Thomas Jefferson
Example: Declaration of Independence (1776) The king violated the social contract found in the Laws of nature and nature’s God Thomas Jefferson
Example: Declaration of Independence (1776) The king violated the social contract found in the Laws of nature and nature’s God Thomas Jefferson
Example: Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC )
Example: Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC )
Example: Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC ) If a man has hired a rowing boat, he shall pay for its hire 2 ½ grains of silver per day
Example: Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC ) If a man has hired a rowing boat, he shall pay for its hire 2 ½ grains of silver per day
Example: Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC ) If a man has hired a rowing boat, he shall pay for its hire 2 ½ grains of silver per day
Example: Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC ) If a man has hired a rowing boat, he shall pay for its hire 2 ½ grains of silver per day
Law as a reflection
Law as a reflection #1 – No other gods
SETH
SETH
SETH
SETH
SETH
SETH
SETH
Ex. 20:2-3 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. SETH
Ex. 20:2-3 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.
Ex. 20:2-3 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.
Ex. 20:2-3 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.
Ex. 20:2-3 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. SETH
Ex. 20:2-3 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. SETH Ex. 31
Ex. 20:2-3 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. SETH Ex. 31 Ex. 31
Law as a reflection #1 – No other gods
Law as a reflection #1 – No other gods #2 – No idols
Ex. 20:4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything…
Ex. 20:4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything…
Ex. 20:4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything…
Ex. 20:4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything…
Law as a reflection #1 – No other gods #2 – No idols
No murder No other gods No adultery No idols No stealing Name in vain No false witness Keep Sabbath No coveting Honor parents
The L ORD was pleased, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious. But this is a people plundered and looted; they are all of them trapped in holes (Isa. 42:21-22)
A Reflection of God’s Character
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