Celebrated as it is through even the scriptures themselves (Psalm 119), there is a flaw with the law. As such, it was never intended to be the way human beings stood in right relationship to their God. It was intended to reveal something of what God wants from people, but it cannot transform the heart and justify its adherents. We've always needed something more.
This week in your discussing the message, work to find the relationship of God's laws to the believers in the promised messiah, Jesus. You may also want to celebrate communion as a group response to the blessing Jesus is, especially to those who have come to understand that the Law is too heavy to carry as a means of being justified before God.
Key texts:
- Exodus 19:1-8
- Exodus 20:1-12
- Deut 31:16
- Jeremiah 31:31-34 (New covenant!)
- Luke 22:19-20
- Galatians 2:16, 20-21
Additional texts that bring light to this important issue:
- Galatians 2:15- 3:1-29
- 2 Corinthians 3:6-9
- Romans 8:1-27
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