ACT 4: COVENANT - SCENE 4: THE LAW OF FREEDOM
THE LAW OF FREEDOM
JASON GRISSOM
Part of FROM DUST TO GLORY—A STUDY FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION
November 11, 2023

EXODUS 20:1-17

The psalmist found that the more closely he tied his life to the Word of God, the more he found he was enjoying the largest

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The law is not a cramping restriction but the very gateway to the

we seek.

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE LAW?




THE LAW CAN REVEAL OUR SIN BUT IT CANNOT US FROM OUR SIN.



In giving The Law, God is not saying, “you better keep them if you want to become my people”. In giving The Law God is saying, “you better keep them because you are my people”.


Love for God is by obedience to His will.

WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THE LAW?

IT

US TO CHRIST FOR SALVATION.
We use The Law as a means of revealing who God is and what He .
We use The Law as a means of revealing to man who he is and what he do.


IT CHRIST-LIKENESS FOR SANCTIFICATION.


We see this, law of liberty, at work in the garden of Eden. The single negative command, ‘You must not eat of it’ left open the broad prospect that ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden.’


Our to God and Our duty to our neighbour.


The keeping of the commandments show my love for God.

What does this command teach me about God?

When we obey His commands we reflect His glory in this world and we represent His will in this world.

‘I want you to live this way because “I am who I am”

my glory and my will in this world by obeying my commands.