51 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 3 - Book 5 - Law - Weak and Beggarly

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 5 Law – Weak and Beggarly In Chapter 20, Moses went up onto the Mountain and received the Ten Commandments and the rest of the Law from God. When I refer to"the rest of the Law" there may be some confusion so we need to understand that "the Law" consisted of three parts: The Moral Law commonly referred to as The Ten Commandments The Ecclesiastical Law which was associated with The Temple worship In Exodus 19, we find Israel had not yet received the Law. Exodus 19:7,8 Deuteronomy 5:27 "Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it." Turn to Hebrews 11. Hebrews 11:1 Faith is the very substance, the very core, of things hoped for; faith is the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:2,3 We must believe that God made it this way, because God said that He did, and He expects us to believeHim. Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please him (God): for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him." We cannot please God unless we believe what He has said! I never teach that. Right action will come from that power God hasplaced within you. But it has to start with faith! We have to believe it because God has said it. The Law included the Ten Commandments which were set in stone. God didn’t see fit to put the Ten Commandments on a teddy bear that someone could cuddle up to. The Law could do nothing but condemn. Even the first commandment about love said: "...'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God....'" I’m keeping the Ten Commandments." The "good" Jew, under the Law, as soon as he realized that he had broken one of the Laws, had to reach down into the second part of the Law to practice what God had said to do with regard to approaching God, and regarding worship. He had to do everything according to the instructions provided by God, according to the letter of the Law. Suppose someone from the outer perimeters of the camp had broken the Law. According to the Law, was that man accepted? NO! Why? Because he did not do what God said to do! Everything that took place in the Gospels did so under the Law. (Luke 18:18-23) Jesus meant that he should keep the whole Law. If he broke a Commandment, he had to come by the prescribed way to approach God. These things all happened under the Law, and Jesus labored under that Law for the entire period of His ministry. Let’s look at Acts 10. God knew the heart and mind of Peter (which was correct under the Law), and when God wanted Peter to go the home of thisGentile, He knew He’d have to do something special to get him there. So, while the men were coming from Caesarea to Joppa to get Peter, God gave Peter a vision to prepare him to go with them. Otherwise, Peter never would have gone! Peter would never have gone to that Gentile home unless God had taken drastic measures. God showed Peter the vision of the sheet which contained all manner living things. Peter was a Law-keeping Jew. Verses 26 and 27: Try putting yourself in Peter’s shoes. Turn to I Corinthians 15. I Corinthians 15:1,2 "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel (not a gospel) which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain." Now verse 3: I Corinthians 15: 3 How the Lord revealed the new truths to him that were never before revealed in the Scriptures. I Corinthians 15:4 "...but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." The Gospel is the Power of God! Let’s use an illustration. "Thou shalt...Thou shalt not." Legalism! LOVE. Everything that God said "Thou shalt" does not now become permissive. Ephesians 6:1,2 Once we recognize that, "Yes, we were Law-breakers, we have broken the Law; but now in Christ we have become everything that the Law demands of us, but from an inward working power. Romans 13:8 "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law." The Commandments are all listed there. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible