Sunday May 4, 2025
And God spoke all these words, saying . . . Exodus 20:1
This morning brings us to a new month and with it a new series in Exodus 20:1-21, the Ten Commandments. The seeds for this study were sown last year as we were making our way through Paul’s letter to the Galatians. There, one of the key themes is that we are no longer under the Law of the Old Testament. The Old Covenant Law belongs to Old Covenant Israel, not us. It’s job was to hold them in place until Christ came. But now that Christ has come, we are no longer under the Law, Gal 3:24-25 says. That, of course raises an important question. If we are no longer under the Law, then what do we do with all these commands and prohibitions we find as we read the Old Testament part of our Bibles? Do we ignore them? Do they have nothing to say to us? Or do they still speak to us in a way that helps us know and walk with God. And if so, how?
That’s the question I am hoping to help us answer in this series, which I’m calling “Old Testament Foundation Stones for a New Covenant Faith” or “The Role of the Ten Commandments in the Life of a New Covenant Believer.” My plan is to spend these first two weeks laying a foundation for us to understand what these commands are and how they function in our lives today as a part of Scripture, which is God’s revelation of Himself. Then, we will spend the rest of the series looking at each command in turn to see (1) How it functioned under the Old Covenant to reveal God’s character to them; (2) How it continues to be part of His revelation to us in the New Covenant where Christ has fulfilled the Law (Mt 5:17f); (3) How it is applied to us as believers by Jesus and the Apostles in the New Testament; and (4) How the new life we live now by the power of the Holy Spirit is a life of love for God and love for neighbor that fulfills all the Law intended but could never give – and all for the glory of God!
In all things seeking to know and walk with Him!
Pastor Scott Lee
