It isn't some random set of rules. In God's Book of Instructions we discover the character of God, his design for life, for relationships, and the purpose for our lives. Getting life right starts with learning what choices produce peace and beauty. To ignore God's instructions results in choices that destroy, hurt, and trash ourselves, others, and God's creation. Jesus completed God's instructions by not only living them himself, but by freeing us from the bondage of sin to do the same. He restored God's rule by which we can get life right. This part of God's word is the beginning of that learning process, and it is wonderful because we don't have to earn back the life we threw away. Here is God's gift to us in Christ.