Deuteronomy
5 Moses Interprets the Law
This
new generation entering the promised land needs training on the Law. Moses’s forty years’ experience gives him
authority to teach.
Here
are four important steps we are to take in relation to the Word of God.
1.
Hear it 2. Learn it. 3. Keep it. That means to have the Word of
God down in your heart. 4. To do it.
No
one is justified by law because no one can do the works of the law. It was
added because of transgressions. It was ordained by angels in the hand of a
mediator. Gal. 3:19. It was temporary until the Son of God should come.
After
that faith is to come. The purpose of
the Law is to show that we need a Savior. The Law reveals the mind of God. The Law reveals how far short we have come of
the glory of God. The Law was not given until they were out in the wilderness
at Horeb, which is Mount Sinai. The Law was given to the nation Israel.
The
first commandment prohibits the worship of many gods. Anything that you give
yourself to, anything that stand between you and God. To some, their bankbook is their god. Others
worship the golf club, a child, grandchildren, television. Anything that takes first place in your heart
is your idol. -Thou shall not take the name of the Lord in vain. Paul shows that all mankind is sinful. “Whose
mouth is full of cursing and bitterness” Rom. 3:14. God says He will not hold
guiltless those who take His name in vain. -The Sabbath was not given to the
church. It was given to Israel. – The father and Mother stand in the place of
God to the child. These people are going into the land promised them, they are
to honor their parents. God says, “fathers, provoke not your children to wrath;
but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Eph. 6:4 – Thou
shall not murder. (Thought of premeditated killing). This commandment does not
apply to a soldier under the orders of war. – Thou shall not commit adultery.
This is one of the great sins that is pulling our nation down today. Hatred in
the heart makes one guilty of murder. Lust in the heart makes one guilty of
adultery. The command against covetousness shows that it is a sin just to feel
an excessive desire for what belongs to another.
The
Israelites promised to keep the Law, but they did not do it. The Law is the mirror that tells us to start
washing. It tells us to come to Christ. It is the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s
Son, that will cleanse us from all sins. When you come to Christ, He forgives
you and cleanses you from all unrighteousness.
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