The law of God is as sacred as God Himself. It is a revelation of His will, a transcript of His character, the expression of divine love and wisdom. The harmony of creation depends upon the perfect conformity of all beings, of everything, animate and inanimate, to the law of the Creator. God has ordained laws for the government, not only of living beings, but of all the operations of nature. Everything is under fixed laws, which cannot be disregarded. But while everything in nature is governed by natural laws, man alone, of all that inhabits the earth, is amenable to moral law. To man, the crowning work of creation, God has given power to understand His requirements, to comprehend the justice and beneficence of His law, and its sacred claims upon him; and of man unswerving obedience is required. 53

Guds lov er lige så hellig som Gud selv. Den er en åbenbarelse af hans vilje, et udtryk for hans karakter og hans guddommelige kærlighed og visdom. Skaberværkets harmoni afhænger af, at alle væsener, ja, alt, levende som livløst, er i fuldkommen harmoni med Skaberens lov. Gud har fastsat love til at lede ikke blot alle levende væsener, men alle foreteelser i naturen. Alt er undergivet bestemte love, som ikke kan tilsidesættes. Men mens alt i naturen styres af naturlove, er kun mennesket ansvarligt over for moralloven på denne jord. Mennesket, kronen på skaberværket, har af Gud fået evnen til at forstå hans krav, fatte hans lovs retfærdighed og mildhed, og hvad dens hellige bud forlanger af det; der kræves ubetinget lydighed af mennesket.