In this sermon The Law, The Bible, while a great book, is just a book. To treat it as a substitute for God is approaching idolatry. Unless we take the words within and translate them into ourselves, they are just ink on paper. The Ten Commandments summarized Israel’s proper relationship to God and mankind and formed the basis of Israel’s covenant with God. These commandments served to regulate and promote spiritual and moral behavior, to awaken the knowledge of sin, and ultimately to act as a tutor pointing to the need for a Savior. Jesus Christ came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it (Matthew 5:17). Through the Holy Ghost, the essence of the law is inscribed upon our hearts so that we can love God and others, thus fulfilling the Ten Commandments in our lives.