MAKING THE WORD OUR TREASURE
WEEK 45– MAKING OLD TESTAMENT LAW THE GOSPELS OUR TREASURE
September 6, 2015
1. Prayer
a. Psalm 119:19
i. I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments
from me!
b. Psalm 119:20
i. My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at all times.
c. Psalm 119:24
i. Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
d. Psalm 119:25
i. My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word!
2. Treasuring the Old Testament Law
a. Orientation
i. Place in the Big-Picture Story
1. _____ Covenant
ii. Genre
1. Story - _______
iii. General Principles for Treasuring the Old Testament Law
1. #1 – The Law was never a means of ____________________
but rather a ___________________ revelation from God of
_______________________ and as to how those deemed
righteous by grace and through faith should ___________
for God’s glory, their good, and the fulfillment of His
purposes.
a. Exodus 20:1-2
i. “And God spoke all these words, saying, ‘I
am the Lord your God, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house
of slavery.”
b. Gen. 15:6
i. “And he believed the Lord, and he
counted it to him as righteousness.”
c. Deut 4:7-8
i. “For what great nation is there that has a
god so near to it as the Lord our God is to
us, whenever we call upon him? And what
great nation is there, that has statutes and
rules so righteous as all this law that I set
before you today?”
d. Exodus 19:4-6
i. “You yourselves have seen what I did to
the Egyptians, and how I bore you on
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eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my
voice and keep my covenant, you shall be
my treasured possession among all
peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you
shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a
holy nation. . . . .”
2. #2 – The Law _______________ Christ and comes to us living
under the New Covenant as having been ________________
by Christ (Luke 24:44-45; Hebrews 10:1-4; Matt. 5:17)
a. Luke 24:44-45
i. Then he said to them, “These are my
words that I spoke to you while I was still
with you, that everything written about
me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets
and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he
opened their minds to understand the
Scriptures. . . .”
b. Hebrews 10:1-4
i. “For since the law has but a shadow of the
good things to come instead of the true
form of these realities, it can never, by the
same sacrifices that are continually
offered every year, make perfect those
who draw near. Otherwise, would they
not have ceased to be offered, since the
worshipers, having once been cleansed,
would no longer have any consciousness
of sins? But in these sacrifices there is a
reminder of sins every year. For it is
impossible for the blood of bulls and
goats to take away sins.”
c. Matt. 5:17
i. “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.”
3. #3 – The Law is holy, righteous, and good and it (all of
it) is ___________________ for us (Rom. 7:12; 2 Tim. 3:16-17)
a. Romans 7:12
i. “So the law is holy, and the
commandment is holy and righteous and
good.”
b. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
i. “So the law is holy, and the
commandment is holy and righteous and
good.”
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c. Three Uses of the Law
i. The Law restrains wickedness
ii. The Law shows our guilt and leads us to
Christ
iii. The Law shows us how to live as those
who belong to Christ
b. Observation/Interpretation/Application
i. Notes From Reading Passage
ii. Exodus 20:8-11
Text
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do
all your work, 10 but the seventh day is
a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you
shall not do any work, you, or your son,
or your daughter, your male servant, or
your female servant, or your livestock, or
the sojourner who is within your gates.
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven
and earth, the sea, and all that is in them,
and rested on the seventh day. Therefore
the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and
made it holy.
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3. Treasuring the Gospels
a. Orientation
i. Place in the Big-Picture Story
1. _____ Covenant
ii. Genre
1. Story - _______
b. Luke 9:18-22
Text
18 Now it happened that as he was
praying alone, the disciples were with
him. And he asked them, “Who do the
crowds say that I am?” 19 And they
answered, “John the Baptist. But others
say, Elijah, and others, that one of the
prophets of old has risen.” 20 Then he
said to them, “But who do you say that I
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am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of
God.” 21 And he strictly charged and
commanded them to tell this to no one,
22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer
many things and be rejected by the
elders and chief priests and scribes, and
be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
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