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A Reflection of Gods Character What do we do with the Law (the Torah)? Does it apply to Christians today? If so, what parts apply today? How do we justify applying some but not all? Some popular answers sound good, but arent

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A Reflection of God’s Character

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What do we do with the Law (the “Torah”)?

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Does it apply to Christians today?

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If so, what parts apply today?

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How do we justify applying some but not all?

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Some popular answers sound good, but aren’t supported

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Bad answer #1

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Bad answer #1 Bad answer #2

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Bad answer #1 Bad answer #2 Better answer

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The Law doesn’t apply because it was “nailed to the cross”

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The Law doesn’t apply because it was “nailed to the cross”

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The Law doesn’t apply because it was “nailed to the cross”

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The Law doesn’t apply because it was “nailed to the cross” This sounds good, but isn’t supported

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

Lawyer and Apostle Paul

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

Lawyer and Apostle Paul 2 Tim. 3:16-17 “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work ”

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

Lawyer and Apostle Paul

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

Lawyer and Apostle Paul 2 Tim. 3:16-17 “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work ”

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

Lawyer and Apostle Paul

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

Lawyer and Apostle Paul 2 Tim. 3:16-17“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work ”

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

Lawyer and Apostle Paul

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

Lawyer and Apostle Paul 2 Tim. 3:16-17 “All the Old Testament is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work ”

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Shun the idea of “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

Jesus

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Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish thembut 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 (Mt. 5:17-18) Jesus

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Jesus

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The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void (Lk 16:16-17) Jesus

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Earliest Church

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The early church attended the temple Earliest Church

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The early church attended the temple Earliest Church Acts 2:46-47 “And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people.”

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The early church debated the role of the Torah in the life of the Gentile Earliest Church

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The early church debated the role of the Torah in the life of the Gentile Earliest Church Acts 15 and one side of the debate: “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses…”

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Paul pays the Nazarite sacrificial payment for others Earliest Church

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Paul pays the Nazarite sacrificial payment for others Earliest Church Acts 21:24 “Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in

  • bservance of the law”
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These weren’t “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

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These weren’t “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

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These weren’t “unhitching” the New Testament from the Old Testament

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Romans 6:14 says the believer is, “not under law but under grace”

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Ephesians 2:15 says Jesus was, “abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances ”

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“The law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good” (Rom. 7:12)

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Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day (Ps. 119:97)

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The Law doesn’t apply because it was “nailed to the cross”

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Bad answer #1

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Bad answer #1 Bad answer #2

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The moral sections of the O. T. Law are binding

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The moral sections of the O. T. Law are binding

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This can be appealing….

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The moral sections of the O. T. Law are binding

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This can be appealing…. … but it quickly begins to unravel

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Which sections are “moral”?

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Which sections are “moral”?

You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me. You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me (Ex. 22:29-30)

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Which sections are “moral”?

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Which sections are “moral”?

You shall not permit a sorceress to live (Ex. 22:18)

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Which sections are “moral”?

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Which sections are “moral”?

If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the animal (Lev. 18:15)

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Which sections are “moral”?

You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material (Lev. 19:19) If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the animal (Lev. 18:15)

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Bad answer #1 Bad answer #2

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Bad answer #1 Bad answer #2 Better answer

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The Biblical Law reflected God’s holy ethics in a way that would guide Israel in its time and place of history to fulfill God’s purposes by walking in God’s holiness

The key:

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Get along!

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Get along! Crime

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Get along! Crime Social justice

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Get along! Crime Social justice Quarantining

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Get along!

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Get along! Criminal

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Get along! Criminal Civil

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Get along! Criminal Civil Courts

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Get along! Criminal Civil Courts Family

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Get along! Criminal Civil Courts Family Property

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Get along! Criminal Civil Courts Family Property Immigration

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Get along!

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Ceremonial Laws Get along!

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Ceremonial Laws Get along! Atonement

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Ceremonial Laws Get along! Atonement National Laws

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Ceremonial Laws Get along! Atonement National Laws 10 Comm.

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Ceremonial Laws Get along! Atonement National Laws 10 Comm. Some of the water sloshes among the buckets!

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When “the law of God is in

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not slip” (Psalm 37:31)

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A Reflection of God’s Character