Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Deuteronomy 17:18-20
by: Michaella Osborn.
What was the purpose of the Levitical law? This is one area of Scripture that can seem far removed from our experience today. In this passage, however, rulers were instructed not only to consider the law, but also keep it so that they might learn to fear God and that their hearts would not become prideful. It would have been easy for a ruler to stray from what was just, but God required justice from kings and gave them the law to keep them ruling righteously. The blessing of the law was humility and fear of God, two things we need to truly live justly. Are there ways that the law can still teach us to fear God and have a humble heart?