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INTRODUCTION:
One of the fastest ways to turn everyone’s ears off this morning, is to talk about the Law and the covenant.
But the is all about the law and the Covenant.
>>>> Israel has gathered all the faithful worshipers of the LORD and are recommitting to the covenant their fathers broke.
Many places in our bible the Law and the covenant is an important subject.
In fact,
Today, we are going to talk about how we as Christians relate to the law and the covenant.
And before I loose you, stay with me - because the Law and covenant have much to say to us.
The NT routinely goes back to the Law for wisdom and NT living.
But I understand, the Law and covenant are often considered academic Sunday school material.
And I guarantee - at least half of you just turned your ears off.
And I guarantee - at least half of you started to turned your ears off because of that assumption.
And I guarantee - at least half of you started to turned your ears off because of that assumption.
You say, oh, no Pastor, I am listening.
Really?
One of the unfortunate imbalance of Christians today is that many of us have never read through the Law and the covenant.
I would suggests that most Christians have never read through the Law and the covenant.
- Deuteronomy and Leviticus.
And we have little desire to do so.
Consider,
A few weeks ago I challenged you to read the Law.
We read , and the text challenges us that the law is good.
We related that passage to -
I challenged you to read Leviticus.
(Now, No show of hands, this isn’t about pride and puffing ourselves up)
But I want you to consider - How many of you in response have read Leviticus or have a plan to read Leviticus?
I bet it was nice food for thought, but then most of us forgot about it.
And I don’t fault you for this,
because preachers and churches have never really understood how the Christian should relate to the law.
We certainly have not considered the Law a doctrine to spend a lot of time on.
In fact, I must confess, I probably would have forgotten about it if I was in your shoes.
Because our churches have a self-generating bias against the Law.
ILLUSTRATION:
One Pastor in a blog I follow confessed this -
Blog devotions and wandered if we should skip it.
“When our girls were younger, we made it a regular practice to read through the Bible together.
My wife, the girls, and I sat for breakfast, and before I headed out the door, I read a chapter, made a few comments, and we prayed together.
One year, we made it through Genesis and Exodus—exciting books!
And then . . .
we got to Leviticus.
As I began to read, immediately, I wondered, “What do these little girls think about the killing of all these animals?”
You know how little girls love sheep and goats and birds.
I wavered for a moment, but I knew it was important to press on.”
Why do we we struggle with the Law?
Because Christians don’t know what to do with the Law.
We feel it is past tense and irrelevant.
So in a time crunched world - it gets scheduled out.
> It is not the top of our Spiritual priority lists.
However, Despite our ignorance and low view of the Law, the NT has a lot to say about the Law.
The Law is an important topic in the Gospels and the Epistles.
This morning, I would like to challenge us about our relationship to the Law and the Covenant as NT Christians.
May I challenge us,
PROPOSITION: We Ought to Produce the Righteousness of the Law through Christ.
PROPOSITION: Christians Ought to Fulfill the Law through Christ.
TRANS: and We will first look at what says, and then how to apply as Christians.
********************************PRAY: Let’s take a moment to pray as we begin to look at .
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1) What does the text say? - and may I summarize chapter 10 this way: Israel Recommits to Diligently and Knowledgeable Keeping the Covenant.
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So after a long and extended prayer by Ezra,
Israel turns to recommitting to the covenant.
a) That recommitment is recorded on sealed documents by the chief families of Israel in v. 1-27.
b) It also includes the verbal agreement by all those who have knowledge and understanding of the Law.
(v.
28)
Remember, the Law is meant to give us understanding and knowledge -
Speaks about the Law, and observe how the Law gives knowledge and understanding.
Ps 119:
In case we think we should forget the Law, that text alone should challenge to read and understand the Law.
Ps 97
So it is not surprising that our text,
emphasizes that the people of knowledge and understanding are the one’s who covenant.
In fact, the very definition of a person without knowledge, is someone who doesn’t fear the Lord and learns his Law.
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So this text does not describe a whole nation gathering, but a national gathering of God fearers.
It is a gathering of most of the nation, but particularly those who Fear the Lord and have studied the Law.
V. 29,
c) They sought to obey every part of the Law (v.
29), emphasizing - The family (v.
30), the sabbath (v.
31), the temple tax (v.
32-33), additional provisions for the temple.
(v.
34-35) , dedication of the firstborn (v.
36), and the tithe (v.
37-39) .
(Barrowed from Montgomery Boice)
2. The Sabbath (v.
31)
3. The Temple Tax (v.
32-33)
4. Additional Provisions for the temple.
(v.
34-35)
5. Dedication of the firstborn (v.
36)
6.
The tithe (v.
37-39)
Montgomery Boice -
1.
The Family (v.
30)
2. The Sabbath (v.
31)
3. The Temple Tax (v.
32-33)
4. Additional Provisions for the temple.
(v.
34-35)
5. Dedication of the firstborn (v.
36)
6.
The tithe (v.
37-39)
Boice, James Montgomery.
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