IIT UBF - University Bible Fellowship at IIT

Date: Feb. 26, 2024

Question

Can anyone perfectly keep the commandments of God?

Answer

Since the fall no ordinary man can perfectly keep the commandments of God in this life but breaks them every day in thought, word, and action.

Reference Passages

Genesis 8:21

And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

Romans 3:9-10

No One Is Righteous

9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10 as it is written:

“None is righteous, no, not one;

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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God Answered Us

Psalm 65:1-13

Key Verse: 65:5

By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness,
O God of our salvation,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the farthest seas;