Queries on the Ten Commandments
- Read Exodus 19: 3 – 6. (God speaks to Moses on the mountain: if the people keep God’s covenant they shall be God’s holy nation.)
- Read Exodus 19: 10 – 13. (God has come down on the holy mountain; anyone who touches the mountain will be put to death.)
- Read Exodus 19: 16 – 25. (God appears in smoke and thunder on Mount Sinai.)
- Read Exodus 20: 1 – 21. (The Ten Commandments given to Moses.)
- What is the setting and tone?
- What is the dynamic between God and the people?
- What is the overall purpose of the commandments?
- Read Matthew 5: 1 – 12. (The Beatitudes.)
- Read Matthew 5: 13 – 16. (Salt of the earth; light of the world.)
- Read Matthew 5: 17 – 48. (Fulfilment of the Law – the Antitheses.)
- How does Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount shift our understanding of the Ten Commandments?
- How does Jesus’ Great Commandment summary – “Love God, love neighbor” shift our understanding of the Ten Commandments?
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