John said in his Gospel, " the law came through Moses " . Paul said that sin was committed in the world before the law was given, and that death reigned from Adam through Moses ( the wages of sin is death ), with the Law not coming until Moses.
if you want to be technical ( because you will try to say this to dispute the truth I just dropped on you, as I said, I know folks like you, and your little tricks ), God did give Abram circumcision , which was part of the Mosaic Law. but, that's it. no Sabbath, no 9 other Commands , those were not given till hundreds of years later.
if you want to be technical ( because you will try to say this to dispute the truth I just dropped on you, as I said, I know folks like you, and your little tricks ), God did give Abram circumcision , which was part of the Mosaic Law. but, that's it. no Sabbath, no 9 other Commands , those were not given till hundreds of years later.
Gal. 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
This is the Law that Paul mentioned.
Ex. 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
I know this is what the preachers of today teach you but the Bible teaches differently. as you said "The Wages of sin is death" Where there is no law, there is no sin.
Gen. 4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Gen. 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Gen. 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Gen. 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Abraham didn't have the Levitical Priesthood "works of the Law", that law didn't come until Moses, but he has God's Laws. I am not tricking you, the churches that preach against this are tricking you.