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Exodus chs. 20
By: Edward Short© 1.Purpose of this lesson: To show that Christians are not subject to the Ten Commandments(and the Mosaic Law). Jesus Christ established a new law for the entire world, as recorded in the New Testament. In fact, one can easily see that we continue to observe nine of the Ten Commandments, but we obey these nine because Jesus made them a part of his new law and not because we are subject to the law of Moses. 2.The Value of the Ten Commandments: A.Each command expresses an eternal principle:
B.Why should Christians study the Ten Commandments? 1).Not because the Ten Commandments are Gods law for modern mankind. 2).Because the Ten Commandments were established on Gods eternal and unchanging principles. Jesus law was also established on these same principles. 3).For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope (Rom 15:4). 4).The Ten Commandments are important for society. Any society that obeys the Ten Commandments will be tranquil and peace-loving. 5).Therefore it is good for us to study, memorize and practice the Ten Commandments. (No. 4 is an exception, as Christians worship on Sunday.) C. Why are Christians not bound by or subject to the Ten commandments? 10 Commandments originally not addressed to Gentiles or to Christians; the Ten Commandments were given to the Jews. A).Ex. 19:3: Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain and said, "This is what you are to say to the house of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel: B).Deut. 5:1: Moses summoned all Israel and said: Hear, O Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. C).Romans chs. one through three say that Gentiles were under a moral code written on mans heart by God at creation; this was equivalent to the last six of the Ten Commandments. God expected the Jews to keep the Law of Moses and he expected the rest of mankind to keep the moral law. Rom. 2:12: All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. Non-Jews are not subject to the law of Moses and will not be judged by it, but they are subject to natural law and the moral code and they will be judged by it. D).Rom 2:13-15: For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, 15 since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.) Nature is enough for man to know that there is a God in heaven who created all things, to know that he should be obeyed and worshipped and that natural law and the natural moral code should be obeyed. E).Acts 15, Romans, Galatians and other Scriptures teach us: In the first century, the apostles told the early Christians that those non-Jews who became Christians were not under the Mosaic Law. They need not become circumcised and they did not become subject to the Mosaic Law. 3.10 Commandments repealed by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ A).Col. 2:13-14: When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,14 having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. B).2 Cor. 3:4-18, 10: For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. C).Hebrews 8:7, 13: For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another By calling this covenant "new," he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. D).Matt. 5:17-18: [Several Chinese translations are given: Union Version, New Chinese Version, Todays Chinese Version, Putonghua Version. The alternate reading in the Todays Chinese Version is also included.] "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. The final two translations are correct. Note that Jesus said until. Jesus did not say that the Old Testament law would not be abolished, rather he said it would not be abolished until everything [regarding Jesus, etc] is accomplished. After Jesus was crucified, resurrected and returned to heaven, the Old Testament was finally fulfilled. Therefore, Christians are not subject to the Old Testament; Christians are subject to Jesus Christ. (Looking at it from another angle, however, the Law of Moses has not been abolished in that it is still here! Christians. However are not subject to it and even the Jews should not be.) E).NOTE: The reader should not think that the author is saying that the Ten Commandments or the Old Testament is useless for Christians! The Ten Commandments and the Old Testament is very valuable for Christians! The Old Testament is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. We can study and obey it daily. However, as said already: We are not subject to the laws of the Old Testament. Christians are subject to the New Testament. 4.The Law of Christ includes nine of the Ten Commandments:
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