Exodus 20:1-21 (p. 121, pew Bible)
Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Exodus 20:1-21!(p. 121, pew Bible)
Grace!“For from [Jesus’] fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” (John 1:16–17) !
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” (Ephesians 2:8–9) !
“For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” (Romans 6:14)
But… Law (Commandments)?“Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:19) !
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. (John 14:15) !
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” (Matthew 28:19–20)
The Gospel: Both Law and Grace
Exodus 20
Legalist view: “Sure, God is loving and gracious,
but only up to a point. You had better do good.”
LAW & grace
Liberal view: “Sure, there is right and wrong,
but God loves you just as you are, and allows everyone to do what
they think is right.”
GRACE & law
The Gospel (and God’s character) bring together perfectly
both Law and Grace.
God’s character combines perfectly
both Grace and Law.
Exodus 33:18-19
Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” And [God] said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The LORD.’”
Exodus 34:6-7The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin…
Exodus 34:6-7
“…but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
“God is saying that in His nature, neither grace nor law is more primary than the other. They are both absolutely equally foundational.”
Tim Keller
Grace and the Law come together perfectly
in the cross, because Jesus is our substitutionary payment.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by
becoming a curse for us. (Galatians 3:13)
!
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so
that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Substitution
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God.
(1 Peter 3:18) !
For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacriXiced.
(1 Corinthians 5:7)
Substitution
“By Christ’s substitution, and especially at the moment of his death on the cross, and only at that moment, God’s love and the law are both satisXied.”
Horatius Bonar
!
…so that [God] might be just and the justiXier. (Romans 3:26)
Substitution
So how should I see the Law (the Commandments)
applying to me? !
2 ways.
First, the Law shows me my sin, and my inability to cure it,
so that I turn to Christ for Grace.
The law’s “purpose was to make obvious to everyone that we are, in ourselves, out of right relationship with God, and therefore to show us the futility of devising some religious system for getting by our own efforts what we can only get by waiting in faith for God to complete his promise. For if any kind of rule-‐keeping had power to create life in us, we would certainly have gotten it by this time.”
Galatians 3:21-‐22, The Message
“The Xirst purpose of the law is to be a mirror. On the one hand, the law of God reXlects and mirrors the perfect righteousness of God. The law tells us much about who God is. Perhaps more important, the law illumines human sinfulness. The law highlights our weakness so that we might seek the strength found in Christ. Here the law acts as a severe schoolmaster who drives us to Christ.”
R.C. Sproul
“The law bids us, as we try to fulXill its requirements, and become wearied in our weakness under it, to know how to ask the help of grace.”
St. Augustine
Second, the Law shows me how to please God—how to
respond in gratitude to His grace.
The other great “purpose of the law is to reveal what is pleasing to God. As born-‐again children of God, the law enlightens us as to what is pleasing to our Father, whom we seek to serve. This is the highest function of the law, to serve as an instrument for the people of God to give Him honor and glory. By studying or meditating on the law of God, we attend the school of righteousness. We learn what pleases God and what offends Him. To love Christ is to keep His commandments. To love God is to obey His law.”
R.C. Sproul
Obedience to God’s commands demonstrates my love for Him: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
(John 14:15) !
This is why Jesus charges us, when we make disciples, to “teach them to observe all that I have commanded you.”
(Matthew 28:19–20)
The Gospel: !
The Law shows you clearly how sinful and broken you are by
your inability to keep it. !
Grace means that Christ has done all you need to be perfectly loved
and accepted by God anyway.
Related Documents
