2nd Quarter 2014 Lesson 11 the Apostles and the Law Powerpoint Presentation

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Lesson 11 for June 14, 2014


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Peter and John lived with Jesus for three and a half

years. They heard all His teachings. Then why didnt

they say anything about the Ten Commandments being

cancelled? If they were, that was too significant to be

left out?

James and Jude were brothers of Jesus. They lived with

Him during His childhood and youth. They followed His

ministry. They also believed in Him when He died at

the cross and resurrected. So why didnt they teach

that we must keep Sunday to honor His resurrection,instead of the Jewish Sabbath?

Paul received revelation from Jesus, both in his way

to Damascus and during the three years he spent in

Arabia. When reading his writings, it sometimes

seems that the law was cancelled; nevertheless, he

states that it is not in other passages. Why?

None taught about that change, because Jesus never

did. He never cancelled the Ten Commandments or

asked us to keep the day of His resurrection.


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But Peter said, Not so, Lord! ForI have never eaten anythingcommon or unclean. (Acts 10:14)

If Jesus cancelled the law, then why

couldnt Peter eat unclean animals?

Peter refused to transgress one of the

secondary commandments in the law.

What would have happened if he was

asked to transgress one of the main ones?

What did Peter teach about the law?

1 Peter 2:11-12.

He urged thebelievers to fight

against thefleshly lusts

(7th and 10thcommandments)

and to live a life

of good works(that is, to obey

the law)

2 Peter 3:2.

He urges us toobey the Old

Testament, the

teaching of the

holy prophets

(they emphasized

the 2nd and 4th

commandments)

and to keep thecommandment

of the Lord(we already

discussed about

it in previous

lessons)


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Now by this we know that we know Him, ifwe keep His commandments.

(1 John 2:3)

John wrote about the commandmentsand the good works in his five books.

John stated that love is the fulfillment of

the law.

This is love, that we walk according to Hiscommandments. This is the commandment,

that as you have heard from the beginning,you should walk in it. (2 John 1:6)

If you keep My commandments, you willabide in My love, just as I have kept MyFathers commandments and abide in Hislove. (John 15:10)

By this we know that we love thechildren of God, when we love God andkeep His commandments. (1 John 5:2)


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The commission of a known sin silences the

witnessing voice of the Spirit and separates the

soul from God. Sin is the transgression of thelaw. And whosoever sinneth [transgresseth the

law] hath not seen him, neither known him (1

John 3:6). Though John in his Epistles dwells so

fully upon love, yet he does not hesitate to revealthe true character of that class who claim to be

sanctified while living in transgression of the law

of God. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth

not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is

not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him

verily is the love of God perfected (chap. 2:4, 5).

Here is the test of every mans profession.

E.G.W. (Our Father cares, November 4)


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For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, heis guilty of all. For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Donot murder. Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you

have become a transgressor of the law. (James 2:10-11)

Obviously, James didnt think the Ten

Commandments were cancelled.

On the contrary, James believed we would be

judged on the Ten Commandments; he called

them the law of liberty (James 2:12)

But do you want to know, O foolish man,

that faith without works is dead? (James 2:20)

He stated that faith must go with works

(keeping the commandments)


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For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were markedout for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our Godinto lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.(Jude 1:4)

How can Gods grace

become licentiousness?

Teaching that those under the grace of salvation are no longer

required to keep the law may lead to that.

Jude put that doctrine on the same level than denying God and

Jesus Christ.

Jude didnt write about the Law or the commandments, but his

letter is about being faithful to God and about the consequences oftransgressing the Law.


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CANCELLED LAW

Therefore we concludethat a man is justified

by faith apart from the

deeds of the law.

(Romans 3:28)

For sin shall not havedominion over you, foryou are not under law

but under grace.

(Romans 6:14)

Therefore the law was ourtutor to bring us to Christ,that we might be justifiedby faith. But after faith has

come, we are no longerunder a tutor.

(Galatians 3:24-25)

CURRENT LAW

Do we then make voidthe law through faith?Certainly not! On the

contrary, we establish

the law. (Romans 3:31)

What then? Shall we sinbecause we are not

under law but under

grace? Certainly not!

(Romans 6:15)

Is the law then againstthe promises of God?

Certainly not! For if there

had been a law given

which could have givenlife, truly righteousnesswould have been by the

law. (Galatians 3:21)

Did Paul teach that the law is

cancelled or that it is still current?

Was Paul

confused aboutthe role of the

law? Or do we

misinterpret his

words?


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For those who dont understand the concept of justification by faith,

Paul may seem to be contradicting himself. In the same breath he

claims that the Christian is not under the law; yet the same Christian

is obligated to keep the law. The problem is solved when we

remember that God demands righteousness from those who claim to

be in relationship with Him. The standard of righteousness is His law.

However, when people measure up against His law, they fall short and

are therefore condemned by the law. If the law were the means to

salvation, then none would have any hope of eternal life. The hope of

the Christian is not found in the law but in Jesus Christ, who not only

kept the law perfectly but through Gods miraculous power allows

believers to share in His righteousness (Rom. 8:3, 4). The Christian can

now serve the law of God with a free conscience because Christ has

taken away the laws condemnation (Rom. 7:258:2). The grace that

comes through Christ does not release us from the law but rather

compels us to obey it.

Keith Augustus Borton (Sabbath School Quarterly, June 8 2014)


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Paul had ever exalted the divine law. He had shown

that in the law there is no power to save men from the

penalty of disobedience. Wrongdoers must repent of

their sins and humble themselves before God, whose just

wrath they have incurred by breaking His law, and theymust also exercise faith in the blood of Christ as their

only means of pardon. The Son of God had died as their

sacrifice and had ascended to heaven to stand before the

Father as their advocate. By repentance and faith they

might be freed from the condemnation of sin andthrough the grace of Christ be enabled henceforth to

render obedience to the law of God.

E.G.W. (The Acts of the Apostles, cp. 37, pg. 393)

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