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4. Christ and His Law Contents 1 Laws in Christ’s Day 2 Christ and the Law of Moses 3 Christ and Religious Tradition 4 Christ and the Law in the Sermon on the Mount 5 Christ and the Sabbath 6 Christ’s Death and the Law 7 Christ, the End of the Law 8 The Law of God and the Law of Christ 9 Christ, the Law and the Gospel 10 Christ, the Law and the Covenants 11 The Apostles and the Law 12 Christ’s Church and the Law 13 Christ’s Kingdom and the Law

5. Christ and His Law Our Goal WE WILL study the law, especially the question of why so many Christians—misunderstanding the relationship between law and grace—have fallen into the trap of denying the continued validity of the Ten Commandments, thus unwittingly helping the attempt to “overthrow” God’s law.

6. Christ and His Law Lesson 8, May 24 Christ and His Law Lesson 8, May 24 Law of God and the Law of Christ

7. The Law of God and the Law of Christ Key Text John 15:10 NKJV “ ‘IF YOU keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.’ ”

8. The Law of God and the Law of Christ Initial Words AS THE Supreme Head of the universe, the Creator God has established laws for all of His creatures. When Jesus voluntarily transformed Himself into human flesh, He gave Himself to a life of obedience to His Father and to His commandments. Thus, Jesus was always in full harmony with the law of God.

9. The Law of God and the Law of Christ Quick Look 1. The Law and the Prophets (Matthew 22:34-40) 2. Fulfilling the Law (Galatians 6:1, 2) 3. Law and Judgment (John 5:30)

10. The Law of God and the Law of Christ 1. The Law and the Prophets Matthew 22:37-40 NKJV “ ‘ “YOU SHALL love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.’ ”

11. 1. The Law and the Prophets The “Rules” of Love SOME BELIEVE that the Ten Commandments were relevant only to the Israelites before the Cross and are not binding in the New Covenant era of grace. Others teach that Christians are free from the old law, but only those of Jewish heritage, and not Christians, are still expected to adhere to it.

12. 1. The Law and the Prophets The “Rules” of Love Jesus declares, “ ‘On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets’ ” (Matt. 22:40, NKJV). Ultimately, Jesus and His Father are united in purpose as they urge the people of God’s creation to love as they have been loved, and obedience to the law is foundational to how that love is to be expressed.

13. 1. The Law and the Prophets The “Rules” of Love Jesus’ fidelity to the law of God: 1. Obeyed His parents (Luke 2:51). 2. Worshipped only God (Luke 4:8). 3. Kept the Sabbath (Luke 4:16). 4. Obeyed God’s will (Phil. 2:5-11). 5. Never sinned (Heb. 4:15).

14. 1. The Law and the Prophets The “Rules” of Love Jesus understood that there is a relationship between commandment keeping and love. Though we’re not used to talking about “rules” of love, one could say that, in a real sense, the Ten Commandments are those rules. They show us how God wants us to express our love for Him and others.

15. 1. The Law and the Prophets The “Rules” of Love God is love (1 John 4:16), and so in presenting His commandment to His disciples (John 13:34, 35), Jesus is simply amplifying the law of love that originated in His Father (John 3:16). Now, though, more than just loving each other as ourselves, we are to love as Jesus loved us.

16. The Law of God and the Law of Christ 2. Fulfilling the Law Galatians 6:1, 2 NKJV “BRETHREN, IF a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”

17. 2. Fulfilling the Law All Things to All Men PAUL IS willing to adapt to the culture of the group to whom he was witnessing for the sole purpose of seeing them saved. He may adapt to cultural laws, but only if there is no conflict with the ultimate law. The principle that governs his method is the “law of Christ” (1 Cor. 9:21, NASB).

18. 2. Fulfilling the Law All Things to All Men Paul does not intend for the law of Christ to be seen as an alternative to the law of God. The two work harmoniously together as the loving law of Christ is used to introduce those saved by grace to the law of a loving God.

19. 2. Fulfilling the Law “Bear One Another’s Burdens” Everyone is subject to temptation and can submit to sin in moments of weakness. With this recognition, it is insensitive for a person to immediately condemn a fellow Christian who has fallen. Even Jesus, who had never sinned, “did not censure human weakness.” — The Desire of Ages, p. 353.

20. John 5:30 NKJV “ ‘I CAN of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judg- ment is righteous, because O do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.’ ” The Law of God and the Law of Christ 3. The Law and the Judgment

21. Standard of Judgment ALTHOUGH GOD’S law is a law of mercy, God will eventually use it as the standard of judgment. The hour is coming when the cry will go out, “ ‘Let the evildoer still do evil, and…the righteous still do right….’ ” (Rev. 22:11, NRSV). This announcement serves as a prelude to the final judgment.

22. 3. The Law and the Judgment Standard of Judgment As the standard of judgment, the law serves to measure the level of love that the individual has shared with God and humanity. When Christ presides over the final judgment, He will use God’s unchanging law of love as the standard by which to judge (James 2:12).

23. The Law of God and the Law of Christ Final Words “WE SHOULD remember that our brethren are weak, erring mortals, like ourselves. … Let poor, weak mortals consider how great is their own need of pity and forbearance from God and from their brethren. Let them beware how they judge and condemn others.” —Signs of the Times, January 25, 1883.