1. Exploring Exodus: The Law

2. God saved Israel before giving them the law
Relationship established
The law given
Abraham chosen
Joseph saved
Moses chosen
Israel set free

3. The first four commandments are about loving God.
Honor your father and your mother
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
You shall not covet
Love God
Love others
You shall have no other gods before me
You shall not make for yourself an image
You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

4. How to think about the law in the Old Testament

5. Types of laws
Civil
-servants
-kidnapping
-animals injuring people
-protecting property
Ceremonial
-festivals
-tabernacle
-priesthood
Moral
-loving God
-worshipping idols
-stealing
-lying
-adultery

6. It is a Covenant
An agreement between two parties describing their relationship, often with blessings or curses attached.
The law did not create Israel’s relationship with God, but it is the guide for its maintenance.

7. Ideal Israel It is not God’s ideal law
Leviticus 27:3-7: A woman is worth half as much as a man
Exodus 21:24: An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
law

8. How to think about the law in the New Testament

9. The Pharisees misinterpreted the law Jesus reinterpreted the law
Jesus fulfilled the law
The apostles used the law

10. Ideal
Jesus
Pharisees
law
Israel

11. How to think about the law today

12. It does not apply to us the same way it applied to Israel
Ideal
Jesus
law us
today
Israel

13. It includes timeless truths
Human life is valuable
Don’t murder
(Exodus 20:13)
Care for orphans
Protect the weak
Speak up for the abused
Don’t let oxen gore people
(Exodus 21:28-37)
Drive carefully

14. It teaches us about God
Love
Grace
Justice