Intro: controversial commandments
Context
1. The 10 commandments
2. Why the 10 commandments?
– a more moral world?
– good order in Israelite society?
– reflecting the character of God
3. Jesus and the 10 commandments
– the sermon on the mount
– how to respond?
– the cross and righteousness
– the pattern from Mt Sinai
4. Help for strugglers
- God’s word
- God’s Spirit