God gave His moral law to our first parents, Adam and Eve. Although they rejected God’s law by sinning, traces of it remain imprinted on every human conscience.2 God also gave a summary of the moral law at Mount Sinai. Although it was given first to the nation of Israel, and some of its applications were specific to Israel, the ten basic moral principles were to be a permanent moral code for all people at all times. As the Westminster Confession of Faith puts it: “The moral law doth forever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof.”
