Ten Words

1. What was the purpose of the law?

a. To reveal who God is and what He is like.

b. To reveal the way to live as free people.

c. To reveal the way of obedience through the law that is intensified through Christ.

d. To reveal the need for salvation through Christ that was not possible through the law.

2. How do the 10 commandments relate to us today?

a. They are fulfilled in Christ.

b. They are fulfilled in us.

c. They are fulfilled by love.

3. How do we delight in God's law?

a. We follow God's instructions not to earn freedom, but because we are free.

b. We follow God's instructions not to earn his love, but because we are loved.

c. We follow God's instructions not to manufacture righteousness but because we have been made righteous through faith.

Supplemental Text:

Matthew 5:17-28

Matthew 5: 38-39

Matthew 5:43-44

Galatians 2:21

Romans 6:14

Romans 3:31

Hebrews 8:7-10

Romans 8:1-4

Romans 13:8-10

Galatians 5:14

Matthew 22:37-40