The commandments or rules of God upon which all blessings and punishments are based both in heaven and on earth. Those who obey the laws of God receive the promised blessings. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that people should also obey, honor, and sustain the laws of the land (A of F 1: 12).

The law of Moses was a preparatory law to bring men and women to Christ. It was a law of restrictions, prescriptions, and ordinances. Today the law of Christ, which fulfilled the law of Moses, is the fulness of the gospel or "the perfect law of liberty" (James 1: 25).

God gave commandments to Adam, Gen. 1: 28; 2: 16-17. God gave laws to Noah, Gen. 9: 1. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul, Ps. 19: 7. The Lord is our lawgiver, Isa. 33: 22. There is one lawgiver, James 4: 12. Where there is no law, there is no punishment, 2 Ne. 9: 25. There is a law given, Alma 42: 17-22. Men will be judged according to law, Alma 42: 23. Christ is the law, 3 Ne. 15: 9. All laws are spiritual, D&C 29: 34. Joseph Smith received the law of the Church by revelation, D&C 42. He who keeps God's law has no need to break the laws of the land, D&C 58: 21. The light of Christ is the law by which all things are governed, D&C 88: 7-13. He hath given a law to all things, D&C 88: 42-43. People should observe the law of the land, D&C 98: 4-5. When we obtain a blessing from God, it is by obedience to law, D&C 130: 20-21. The Church declared its beliefs concerning civil laws, D&C 134. Mankind is saved by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel, A of F 1: 3.