There is one lawgiver

 by David Long

"While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him" (Matt. 17:5).

"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds" (Heb. 1:1-2).

"There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?" (James 4:12).

"And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth" (Matt. 28:18).

"Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ" (Gal. 6:2).

Jesus is the one in charge. He is the King of kings and Lord of lords. He is the one lawgiver. The New Testament is His law. When we follow it, we follow Him. When we obey it, we obey Him.