Law versus Grace John Stevenson 2015 Deuteronomy 30

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Law versus Grace © John Stevenson, 2015

Law versus Grace © John Stevenson, 2015

Deuteronomy 30: 11 -12 For this commandment which I command you today is not

Deuteronomy 30: 11 -12 For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it? ’

Deuteronomy 30: 13 -14 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say,

Deuteronomy 30: 13 -14 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it? ’ 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it.

Deuteronomy 30: 15 -16 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity,

Deuteronomy 30: 15 -16 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity; 16 in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it.

Deuteronomy 30: 17 -18 But if your heart turns away and you will not

Deuteronomy 30: 17 -18 But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, 18 I declare to you today that you shall surely perish. You shall not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess it.

Would Adam have been sinning to murder Eve in the Garden even though the

Would Adam have been sinning to murder Eve in the Garden even though the Law had not yet been given?

 • The Law was based upon a covenant relationship – Covenant stipulations given

• The Law was based upon a covenant relationship – Covenant stipulations given on the basis of pre-existing relationship

 • The Law was based upon a covenant relationship • Salvation was always

• The Law was based upon a covenant relationship • Salvation was always by grace through faith – Example of Abraham – Example of David

 • The Law was based upon a covenant relationship • Salvation was always

• The Law was based upon a covenant relationship • Salvation was always by grace through faith • The primary command of the Law was to love God • The Law demanded that sin be punished.

Exodus 33: 17 -18 The LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this

Exodus 33: 17 -18 The LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name. ” 18 Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory!” d. Ab. K' Kabod “Weightiness”

Exodus 33: 19 -20 And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness

Exodus 33: 19 -20 And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion. ” 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!”

Exodus 33: 21 -22 Then the LORD said, “Behold, there is a place by

Exodus 33: 21 -22 Then the LORD said, “Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; 22 and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. ”

Exodus 33: 23 “Then I will take My hand away and you shall see

Exodus 33: 23 “Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen. ” Normally translated “afterwards. ” It speaks of God’s “after-glow. ”

Exodus 34: 1 -2 Now the LORD said to Moses, “Cut out for yourself

Exodus 34: 1 -2 Now the LORD said to Moses, “Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered. 2 So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain.

Exodus 34: 4 -5 So he cut out two stone tablets like the former

Exodus 34: 4 -5 So he cut out two stone tablets like the former ones, and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and he took two stone tablets in his hand. 5 The LORD descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the LORD.

Exodus 34: 6 -7 Then the LORD passed by in front of him and

Exodus 34: 6 -7 Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations. ”

Exodus 34: 8 -9 Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and

Exodus 34: 8 -9 Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship. 9 He said, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession. ”

Exodus 34: 10 Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant.

Exodus 34: 10 Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the LORD, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you. ”

Exodus 34: 28 So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty

Exodus 34: 28 So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. ~yr. Ib'D>h; tr<f, [] Literally, “the ten words” tyr. IB. h; yr. Eb. DI

Exodus 34: 29 It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai

Exodus 34: 29 It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him.

Exodus 34: 30 So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses,

Exodus 34: 30 So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.

Exodus 34: 33 When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil

Exodus 34: 33 When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.

Exodus 34: 34 -35 But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak

Exodus 34: 34 -35 But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and whenever he came out and spoke to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded, 35 the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone. So Moses would replace the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him.

Compare Exodus 34: 29 -35 with 2 Corinthians 3: 12 -18 What is the

Compare Exodus 34: 29 -35 with 2 Corinthians 3: 12 -18 What is the significance of the veil?

These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart (Deuteronomy

These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart (Deuteronomy 6: 6). You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead (Deuteronomy 11: 18).

Freedom from the Law • Believers are not under Law. For sin shall not

Freedom from the Law • Believers are not under Law. For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! (Romans 6: 14 -15).

Freedom from the Law • Believers are not under Law. Therefore the Law has

Freedom from the Law • Believers are not under Law. Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor (Galatians 3: 24 -25).

Freedom from the Law • Believers are not under Law. But if you are

Freedom from the Law • Believers are not under Law. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. (Galatians 5: 18).

Freedom from the Law • Believers are not under Law. • Christ is the

Freedom from the Law • Believers are not under Law. • Christ is the end of the Law to believers. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. (Romans 10: 4).

Freedom from the Law • • • Believers are not under Law. Christ is

Freedom from the Law • • • Believers are not under Law. Christ is the end of the Law to believers. Believers have died to the Law. Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? (Romans 7: 1)

Freedom from the Law • • • Believers are not under Law. Christ is

Freedom from the Law • • • Believers are not under Law. Christ is the end of the Law to believers. Believers have died to the Law. Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. (Romans 7: 4)

Freedom from the Law • • • Believers are not under Law. Christ is

Freedom from the Law • • • Believers are not under Law. Christ is the end of the Law to believers. Believers have died to the Law. For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death… (Romans 7: 5)

Freedom from the Law • • • Believers are not under Law. Christ is

Freedom from the Law • • • Believers are not under Law. Christ is the end of the Law to believers. Believers have died to the Law. But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter (Romans 7: 6).

The Law as an external administration The Essence of the Law

The Law as an external administration The Essence of the Law

Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I

Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. (Matthew 5: 17 -18).

The Old Testament Law The Sermon on the Mount The Ten Commandments The Beatitudes

The Old Testament Law The Sermon on the Mount The Ten Commandments The Beatitudes The Case Laws regarding worship Teachings regarding worship Cursings and Blessings Judgment and Salvation

 • Foundational laws are always applicable. Owe nothing to anyone except to love

• Foundational laws are always applicable. Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9 For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet, " and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. (Romans 13: 8 -10).

 • Foundational laws are always applicable. • God is able to set the

• Foundational laws are always applicable. • God is able to set the boundaries of His Law. For example, Jesus called Himself “the Lord of the Sabbath. ” • The underlying principles of the case-laws are always applicable; they merely illustrate the foundational laws (1 Corinthians 9: 9 -14; 1 Timothy 5: 17 -18). • The ceremonial laws found their fulfillment in Jesus Christ (Romans 10: 4).

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 HONOR YOUR

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. (Ephesians 6: 1 -3).

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. (James 1: 22).

Why is the Law given a second time?

Why is the Law given a second time?

Exodus Deuteronomy Tells the story of the original giving of the Law Moses retells

Exodus Deuteronomy Tells the story of the original giving of the Law Moses retells the story to the next generation Establishes the Renews the covenant with those with the generation who came out of who rose up in the Egypt wilderness

Exodus Deuteronomy The Law and instructions for the Tabernacle The Law with special emphasis

Exodus Deuteronomy The Law and instructions for the Tabernacle The Law with special emphasis on living in the land

Deuteronomy & the Suzerain Treaties • • The Preamble The Historical Prologue The Stipulations

Deuteronomy & the Suzerain Treaties • • The Preamble The Historical Prologue The Stipulations Deposit and Reading of the Covenant • Witnesses • Curses & Blessings

Deuteronomy 6: 4 Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is

Deuteronomy 6: 4 Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! laer"f. y. I [m; v. Shema Israel!

Deuteronomy 6: 4 Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is

Deuteronomy 6: 4 Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! dx'a, hw"hy> Wnyhel{a/ hw"hy> Adonai Eluhenu, Adonai echad

Deuteronomy 6: 6 -7 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be

Deuteronomy 6: 6 -7 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.

Deuteronomy 6: 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand they

Deuteronomy 6: 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

Deuteronomy 6: 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and

Deuteronomy 6: 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 10: 16 So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer. Moreover

Deuteronomy 10: 16 So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer. Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live (Deuteronomy 30: 6).

 • God as sovereign Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice

• God as sovereign Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine (Exodus 19: 5).

 • God as sovereign • God as righteous It is not for your

• God as sovereign • God as righteous It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out before you… (Deuteronomy 9: 5).

nd 2 • • Chronicles 28: 1 -15 Sinfulness of Ahaz War between Samaria

nd 2 • • Chronicles 28: 1 -15 Sinfulness of Ahaz War between Samaria and Jerusalem Judah carried off captive Prophet Oded preaches grace for the captives – Clothed the nakedones – Fed anointed with oil – Led feeble ones on donkeys – Brought them to Jericho – Returned to Samaria

Luke 10 • On the road to Jericho • Left beaten and naked •

Luke 10 • On the road to Jericho • Left beaten and naked • Samaritan puts him on his own beast • Takes care in need