It has been suggested that the law of God as it was given in the Old Testament applied only to Israel: that God held Israel to a different standard than the other nations.  After all, God gave the law to Israel through Moses.  Some people have supposed that since the other nations were not given a written revelation of God’s law, that God had different standards for them.  I am convinced that the Bible specifically refutes this claim in a number of ways.  But before we turn to some specific verses, let’s consider the general philosophical implications of the notion that God holds different people in different locations or nations to different standards.

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