Ten Commandments Study Notes

Ten Commandments Series

6 May 2012

Introduction and the first two commandments

	For no one is put right in God's sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law  does is to make us know that we have sinned. Rom 3:20

 

‘I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law. I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith.’ Phil 3:9

	If you love others, you will never do  them wrong; to love, then, is to obey  the whole Law. Rom 13:10
			"Do for others what you want them to do for you: this is the meaning of the Law of Moses and of the teachings of the  prophets. Mat 7:12

 

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"Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets. I have not come to do away with them, but to make their teachings come true. Remember that as long as heaven and earth last, not the least point nor the smallest detail of the Law will be done away with---not until the end of all things. Mat 5:17-18

	Those of you who try to be put right with God  by obeying the Law have cut yourselves off  from Christ. You are outside God's grace. Gal 5:4

 

‘For Christ himself has brought us peace by making Jews

and Gentiles one people. With his own body he broke down the wall that separated them and kept them enemies. He abolished the Jewish Law with its commandments and rules, in order to create out of the two races one new people in union with himself, in this way making peace.’ Eph 2:14-15

Study Notes

Can you turn each of The Ten Commandments into a positive and liberating command?

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What is the difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law?

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What is the difference between a gracious and a legalistic response to a rule, law or regulation?

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Are you gracious or legalistic? ___________________________________________

For Reflection

·       Our gracious God has given us hundreds of laws and He commands obedience.

o   The law demands righteousness

o   The law cannot give righteousness

o   The law reveals Gods righteousness

·       Do I have any idols?

·       Am I free?