A Reflection of God’s Character
I am THE LAW
I am THE LAW
What makes law “LAW”?
King Charles II
King Charles II
King Charles II Ian Gillan
Smoke on the waaaa-ter King Charles II Ian Gillan
King Charles II
King Charles II
King King Charles II
King [is] King Charles II
King [is] Law King Charles II
King Charles II King Law [is]
King [is] Law King [is] Law Samuel Rutherford
King [is] Law Samuel Rutherford
What exactly is “LAW”?
a binding custom or practice of a community : a rule of conduct or action prescribed … or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority
Criminal Law
Criminal Law
Civil Law Criminal Law
Civil Law Criminal Law
Civil Law Criminal Law Immigration Law
Civil Law Criminal Law Immigration Family Law Law
What about “Biblical LAW”?
Genesis
Genesis Exodus
Genesis Exodus Leviticus
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
Genesis Exodus “Torah” Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
“Biblical Law” Genesis Exodus “Torah” Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
“Biblical Law” Genesis Exodus “Torah” Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
Civil Law Criminal Law Immigration Family Law Law
Civil Law Criminal Law Immigration Ceremonial Family Law Law Law
a rule of conduct or Civil Law Criminal Law action prescribed as binding or enforced by a controlling authority Immigration Ceremonial Family Law Law Law
a rule of conduct or Civil Law Criminal Law action prescribed as binding or enforced by a controlling authority Biblical Law is that PLUS more! Immigration Ceremonial Family Law Law Law
“Biblical Law” Genesis Exodus “Torah” Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
“Biblical Law” In Biblical Law God was revealing himself! Genesis Exodus “Torah” Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
A Reflection of God’s Character
A Reflection of God’s Character
“Biblical Law” In Biblical Law God was revealing himself!
“Biblical Law” In Biblical Law God was revealing himself! For I am the L ORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy (Lev. 11:44)
“Biblical Law” In Biblical Law God was revealing himself! For I am the L ORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy (Lev. 11:44)
“Biblical Law” In Biblical Law God was revealing himself!
“Biblical Law” In Biblical Law God was revealing himself! Over time, people forgot
“Torah”
You shall therefore lay up these words of “Torah” mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. (Dt. 11:18-19)
“Torah”
This Book of the Law shall not depart from “Torah” your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. (Josh. 1:8)
“In the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, ... , he began to build the temple of the Lord.” (I Kings 6:1)
Solomon’s great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandson Josiah
The Babylonian exile (597BC)
People began to care about the Law again
People began to care about the Law again Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the L ORD your God. On it you shall not do any work (Ex. 20:8-9)
By the time of Jesus, the Law held a central place in Jewish life
Lawyer and Apostle Paul
2 Cor. 3:7, 13 – The Law, as bright as it was, had a “ministry of death” Lawyer and Apostle Paul
2 Cor. 3:7, 13 – The Law, as bright as it was, had a “ministry of death” Gal. 3:24 – The Law was a “ παιδαγωγός ” to lead us to Christ Lawyer and Apostle Paul
Gal. 3:24 – The Law was a “ παιδαγωγός ” to lead us to Christ Lawyer and Apostle Paul
Gal. 3:24 – The Law was a “ παιδαγωγός ” to lead us to Christ Lawyer and Apostle Paul
Gal. 3:24 – The Law was a “ παιδαγωγός ” to lead us to Christ Lawyer and Apostle Paul
Gal. 3:24 – The Law was a “ παιδαγωγός ” to lead us to Christ Lawyer and Apostle Paul
Gal. 3:24 – The Law was a “ παιδαγωγός ” to lead us to Christ We can’t measure up! Lawyer and Apostle Paul
Gal. 3:24 – The Law was a “ παιδαγωγός ” to lead us to Christ We can’t Jesus fulfills measure up! Law perfectly Lawyer and Apostle Paul
Jesus fulfills Law perfectly
Jesus fulfills Law perfectly 2 Cor. 5:21 – Jesus “knew no sin”
Jesus fulfills Law perfectly 2 Cor. 5:21 – Jesus “knew no sin” Heb. 4:15 – Jesus as a High Priest, “who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.”
Jesus fulfills Law perfectly Mt. 5:17-18 – 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. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
Two ways to see God
Two ways to see God Law
Two ways to see God Law Jesus
Two ways to see God Ps. 119:18 “Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your Law ” Law Jesus
A Reflection of God’s Character
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