"He that committeth sin is of the Devil; for the Devil sinneth from the beginning." 1 John 3:8.

"God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment." 2 Peter 2:4.

"Because the law worketh wrath; for where no law is, there is no transgression." Rom. 4:15.

"And Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him." Gen. 4:8.

"Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous." 1 John 3:12.

NOTE: There must have been a standard by which the characters of the two men were weighed. The standard must have defined the difference between right and wrong, and pointed out man's duty; otherwise it could not be known when one passed from right to wrong, or vice versa.

"If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door... And he [God] said,"... the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground... now art thou cursed from the earth." Gen. 4:7-11.

"The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence." Gen. 6:11.

"And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth." Gen. 6:13.

NOTE: Paul says ( Rom. 4:15 ) that it is the law that works wrath. Had there been no moral law before the flood to define what was right and wrong, how would God have been justified in visiting wrath upon those antediluvians?

"And spared not the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness." 2 Peter 2:5.

"The men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly." Gen. 13:13. "We will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord." Gen. 19:13.

"And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked; for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds." 2 Peter 2:7, 8.

NOTE: How was it known that their deeds were unlawful, if no law then existed? Unlawful means "contrary to law," or "not permitted by law."

"How then, can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" Gen. 39:9.

"But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full." Gen. 15:16.

"And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel." 1 Kings 21:26.

"Ye shall therefore keep all My statutes, and all My judgments and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you; for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them." Lev. 20:22, 23.

NOTE: The cause, "they committed all these things," refers to what had been previously forbidden to the Israelites. Among them was adultery ( Lev. 20:10 ); dishonoring parents ( verse 9 ); breaking the Sabbath ( 19:30 ); profaning the name of God ( verse 12 ); lying, stealing, etc. ( verse 11 ). This plainly shows that even Gentiles were held amenable to the law, and were abhorred of God for violating it.

"Because that Abraham obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws." Gen. 26:5.

"Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham." John 8:39.

"And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Gal. 3:29.

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