“Thou shalt love 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 love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matt. 22:37-40. NOTE.—“Does any man say to me, ‘You see, then, instead of the ten commandments, we have received the two commandments, and these are much easier’? I answer that this reading of the law is not in the least easier. Such a remark implies a want of thought and experience. Those two precepts comprehend the ten at their fullest extent, and cannot be regarded as the erasure of a jot or tittle of them. Whatever difficulties surround the commands are equally found in the two, which are their sum and substance. If you love God with all your heart, you must keep the first table; and if you love your neighbor as yourself, you must keep the second table.”—_“__The Perpetuity of the Law of God,__”__ by C. H. Spurgeon, page 6._ 34. What is said of one who professes to know the Lord, but does not keep His commandments? “He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is _a liar_, and _the truth is not in him_.” 1 John 2:4. 35. What promise is made to the willing and obedient? “If ye be willing and obedient, _ye shall eat the good of the land_.” Isa. 1:19. 36. How does God regard those who walk in His law? “_Blessed_ are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.” Ps. 119:1. Perpetuity Of The Law [Illustration.] Christ Expounding The Law. "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets." Matt. 5:17. 1. How many lawgivers are there? “There is _one lawgiver_, who is able to save and to destroy.” James 4:12. 2. What is said of the stability of God’s character? “For I am the Lord, _I change not_.” Mal. 3:6. 3. How enduring are His commandments? “The works of His hands are verity and judgment; _all His commandments are sure. They stand fast forever and ever_, and are done in truth and uprightness.” Ps. 111:7, 8. 4. Did Christ come to abolish or to destroy the law? “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: _I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil_.” Matt. 5:17. NOTES.—_The law_; broadly, the writings of Moses; specifically, the ten commandments, or moral law, from which the writings of Moses primarily derived their name. _The prophets_; that is, the writings of the prophets. Neither of these Christ came to destroy, but rather to fulfil, or meet their design.