{"id":4527,"date":"2014-07-19T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/?p=4527"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T19:51:05","slug":"gods-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/gods-laws.htm","title":{"rendered":"Teaching About God’s Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bible teachers need a big picture perspective when teaching about God’s laws. That will enable them to help their students better understand how the commands of Scripture are for their good.<\/p>\n

Big Picture Perspective Needed When Teaching about God’s Laws<\/h2>\n

From the beginning, mankind has tended to look at God\u2019s laws as something restrictive to which they responded rebelliously. Consider the Garden where God gave them one command among so many freedoms. \u2014 \u201cYou are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.\u201d (Gen. 2:16-17) They could enjoy the benefit of everything else but instead, with some help from the serpent, focused in on the one thing God said they should not do.<\/p>\n

Notice that disobedience came with a consequence — death, both physical and spiritual.<\/p>\n

Man\u2019s condition only worsened, bringing on the need for God\u2019s judgment. After the flood, God then chose to raise up a people for Himself through Abram. This nation would be blessed by God. Keep in mind that \u201cIt was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith\u201d (Rom. 4:13).<\/p>\n

In time God gave them His laws through Moses as a guide for how to live within His blessing. Still, they looked around at the other nations, seeing what they didn\u2019t have and choosing their idolatrous ways, which took them out of the place of God\u2019s blessing.<\/p>\n

Teacher Training Resource to Help with Teaching the Real Message of the Bible<\/h2>\n

\"Teaching<\/a>In addition to what you read above, the Teaching the Real Message of the Bible Teacher Training Resource<\/a> provides Scripture for how God gave His people the law for their good. It also looks at what Jesus did in regard to the law. Out of this big picture perspective come some tips for teaching Old Testament law. This 46-page resource includes tips for teaching all sections of the Bible listed seen below:<\/p>\n

Grasp the Big Picture
\nGrasp the Basics
\nTeaching that Starts with “In the Beginning God …”
\nTeaching Old Testament History & Law
\nTeaching Old Testament Poetic Books
\nTeaching Old Testament Prophetic Books
\nTeaching New Testament Gospels
\nTeaching New Testament History of the Church
\nTeaching New Testament Epistles
\nTeaching the New Testament Prophetic Book
\nRecap of the Redemptive Message Throughout Scripture<\/p>\n

In the next post we will look at some tips for teaching about God’s laws<\/a> that grow out of this big picture perspective about God’s laws.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When teaching about God\u2019s laws, Bible teachers should have the following big picture perspective:<\/p>\n

From the beginning, mankind has tended to look at God\u2019s laws as something restrictive to which they respond rebelliously. Consider the Garden where God gave them one command among so many freedoms \u2014 \u201cYou are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.\u201d (Gen. 2:16-17) They were able to enjoy to benefit of everything else but instead, with some help of the serpent, focused in on the one thing God said they should not do. . . . Continue reading Teaching About God’s Laws<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-topics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t