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Welcome...
Introduce self...
Pray...
What is the law?
There are 613 commands given in the first 5 books of the Bible (Torah)
I mistakenly often though of the list of commands as being “The Law”
The Torah is often translated “the law”
But it’s not just a code or list of rules
It’s primarily a story.
A narrative.
Jesus is bringing this story to fulfillment...
Jesus shows where this story ends.
All the law and summed up...
This then is referred to elsewhere in the New Testament as “the law of Christ”
One place is Galatians 6:2, which we talked about 2 weeks ago:
Pattern in the first 5 books:
Laws given —>> laws broken
Problem is that heart is hard… (end of Deuteronomy)
The law is a heart issue:
Jerimiah
Jesus (the law is far more demanding than we thought)
Paul summarized Jesus’ teaching:
Are we still “under the law?”
No.
We are not under the law of Moses, we are under the law of Christ,
Not justified by the law.
We are not justified by works.
Do Christians need to follow all the commands in the Old Testament?
No.
Christians are not under the law.
God’s covenant (relationship, with its terms, conditions, and expectations) with Israel is different than his covenant with us.
The arrangement is different.
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None of the commands in the Old Testament are binding in and of themselves because that whole covenant has passed away as a package.
We’re under the New Covenant entirely.
So really the question is, “Why do we keep any of the commands of the Old Covenant?”
Not, “Why do we avoid some,” but “Why do we keep some of them?” … Some of them are repeated in the New Testament.
Don’t commit adultery.
Honor your father and mother.
Don’t murder.
Don’t steal.
Don’t lie… Is there a rationale in what the New Testament writers are doing?
… The New Testament writers argue that we are under now, what Paul calls the law of Christ.
Dr. Thomas Schreiner
The law of Christ is the law of love.
What does it mean, “Jesus fulfilled the law?”
2 Statements
Not come to abolish
Jesus’ purpose was not to make it invalid.
Jesus is not throwing out the Old Testament, but explaining what the Old Testament actually means.
The Old Testament was never about self-righteousness, pride, or superior living.
(like the Pharisees)
The Old Testament was always about loving God and loving others.
Come to fulfill them
Jesus’ purpose was to complete the story.
τέλος (telos) n. neut.
end.
The goal or end of something.
Another word might be culmination or conclusion.
Jesus was both TEACHER and DOER.
Jesus didn’t come to destroy the old system, but to build upon it.
This is referencing the sacrifices that are explained through “The Law” / “The Story”
This is referencing the Tabernacle and the Temple.
What is the “new order?”
The New Covenant.
This is the new way we relate to God and to each other.
Only by the shed blood of Christ.
Ten Commandments
The 10 Commandments is something like a “constitution” and summary of all the commands given in the Old Testament.
9 out of 10 of those commands are repeated in the new testament.
The foundation of our covenant (relationship) with God is initiated by him and accomplished by him.
Thus, he sets the terms for the relationship.
This is a major issue in our culture today.
Each person feels that they themselves stand in the place of God and get to define what is good and evil.
We have a fancy academic term for this: “Postmodernism”
This is the idea of relativism and to say that no thought or idea is superior to any other thought or idea.
The great irony of postmodernism is that it does not apply this standard to itself.
We are going to see first 4 commandments pertaining to Israel’s relationship with God
and the latter 6 commandments pertaining to Israel’s relationship within its own covenant community.
First Commandment
To worship the one true God.
To make the true God ultimate.
To submit to Him.
To treasure and love Him.
To express honor and respect before all other.
Second Commandment
To make an image of God.
God is not something to be made with human hands as if God is a product of human imagination.
Third Commandment
Even the name of God is to be revered.
But more than that, to do things in the name of God.
Or to even represent God poorly.
Fourth Commandment
This is the one command that is not repeated in the New Testament.
We are not under the law, we are under the law of Christ.
Jesus fulfills this commandment because he is our rest.
Fifth Commandment
God has given a created order.
The natural order is that a father and mother would love and protect children who would submit to and honor them.
Sixth Commandment
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