Jesus and the Ten Commandments

“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. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.”

-Matthew 5:17-18

Sermon Series Winter-Summer 2008

During the Winter and Spring of this year, we are working our way through the Ten Commandments. Even if you know nothing about the Bible, there is a very good chance you’ve at least heard of the Ten Commandments and have some sense of what they are about. They have a rather prominent place in American culture—movies, humorous spoofs, even famous court cases

But according to the Bible, what exactly is the purpose of the Ten Commandments? What does Jesus have to say about them and what do the commandments have to do with us today?

Join us in listening to this helpful and thought-provoking teaching series. If you have missed any of the previous sermons, you can download or podcast them here.

Community Group Discussions

Following along with the current sermon series, our community groups are reading and discussing the book How Jesus Transforms the Ten Commandments by Edmund Clowney. From the back cover of the book:

For many Christians, conditioned to emphasize our freedom from the law, Jesus’ words [in Matthew 5 above] seem strange, even incompatible with the gospel of grace. If Jesus did not abolish the law, then how should we look at the Ten Commandments today?

Clowney explains how Jesus intensifies the law and expands its scope to every situation in life. But as the author did so often during his ministry, he goes further, finding Christ in the law and showing how he fulfills it for his people. Thus believers will learn more not only of God’s character revealed in the law, but also of the gospel with its focus on Christ.

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