In the previous question, the Westminster Larger Catechism taught that the moral law is still important, even though no one can attain righteousness and life by keeping it. The distinction is essential. The moral law cannot save us, but that does not make it useless. It cannot justify sinners before God, but it still reveals God’s holiness, exposes our sin, restrains evil, points us to Christ, and teaches believers how to walk in thankful obedience. Where question 94 gave us an overview,...

The Westminster Larger Catechism asks, “Is there any use of the moral law to mankind since the fall?” The answer is, “Although no person, since the fall, can attain to righteousness and life by the moral law, yet there is great use of it, in a way common to all people, and also as it particularly applies either to the unregenerate or the regenerate.” This question helps us hold two truths together. The moral law cannot save sinners, but that does not make it useless. Since the fall, no one...

Question 92 of the Westminster Larger Catechism talked about the importance of the moral law that was given to Adam. But this brings up an important follow-up question: “What is the moral law?” This is what question 93 asks. It answers by saying: “The moral law is the declaration of the will of God to mankind, directing and binding every person to personal, perfect, and perpetual conformity and obedience to it, in the orientation and disposition of the whole person, soul and body, along with...