Summit Church
The Kingdom Way Pt 3 | The Old Testament and You | Jim Ladd
Locations & Times
Summit Church
7200 S Clinton St, Centennial, CO 80112, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
The Big Idea:
God has never wanted a transactional relationship with you.
God has never wanted a transactional relationship with you.
The Law, the Prophets, and Jesus all agree:
God wants your whole heart.
God wants your whole heart.
A Little Context about the Law:
1. The Law has little to offer if you do not desire to live for God.
2. The Law has authority for Three Reasons:
1. I am the LORD (Leviticus 19 = 16 times!)
2. Who rescued you from slavery - Exodus 20
3. I have set you apart for Myself - Leviticus 20
1. The Law has little to offer if you do not desire to live for God.
2. The Law has authority for Three Reasons:
1. I am the LORD (Leviticus 19 = 16 times!)
2. Who rescued you from slavery - Exodus 20
3. I have set you apart for Myself - Leviticus 20
1. The Old Testament and Jesus (v17-18)
The Accusation made of Jesus: "You abolish the Law because you do not obey it properly."
Two Truths from Jesus:
• I have not come to abolish the Law, but to fill it fully.
• Not one iota of the Law will disappear until everything is accomplished.
• I have not come to abolish the Law, but to fill it fully.
• Not one iota of the Law will disappear until everything is accomplished.
The Old Testament points to Jesus and Jesus fulfills the Old Testament
2. The Heart of the Matter
Many people love Religion more than they love God. Or they feel that God loves religion more than He loves them.
The Highest Levels of Spiritual Bankruptcy are also the Highest Levels of Righteousness.
3. The Old Testament and You
Your response to the Old Testament determines your status in the Kingdom of God.
The rest of sermon on the Mount teaches how to see what the commands are trying to accomplish in you. How the Law was incarnate in Jesus and how to find the perfect law that gives freedom.
Response:
Trade your transactional relationship with God for an empowered one.
Trade your transactional relationship with God for an empowered one.
Discussion Guide
ICEBREAKER QUESTION:
Growing up, who was your favorite extended family member, and why?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. Do you struggle with the Old Testament in any way? Explain.
2. Were you raised in, or tend to gravitate toward, a faith that is morality or obedience-based? How do you feel about a legalistic approach to morality and faith?
3. What kind of relationship does God want with you?
4. Jesus said that He had not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it. What does this actually mean?
5. Jesus also said that not one iota of the Law would perish until all is fulfilled. What should this tell us?
6. Romans 2 says that a Jew is one inwardly and that circumcision is of the heart. What does this mean and how is it helpful in understanding the Law?
7. Jesus reduced all of the Law and the Prophets to two commandments. What are they and what does this tell us?
8. What do you think a Christian’s relationship with the Old Testament should be?
9. What are you learning about your own faith in this discussion?
10. Pray for one another.
Growing up, who was your favorite extended family member, and why?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. Do you struggle with the Old Testament in any way? Explain.
2. Were you raised in, or tend to gravitate toward, a faith that is morality or obedience-based? How do you feel about a legalistic approach to morality and faith?
3. What kind of relationship does God want with you?
4. Jesus said that He had not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it. What does this actually mean?
5. Jesus also said that not one iota of the Law would perish until all is fulfilled. What should this tell us?
6. Romans 2 says that a Jew is one inwardly and that circumcision is of the heart. What does this mean and how is it helpful in understanding the Law?
7. Jesus reduced all of the Law and the Prophets to two commandments. What are they and what does this tell us?
8. What do you think a Christian’s relationship with the Old Testament should be?
9. What are you learning about your own faith in this discussion?
10. Pray for one another.
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