TITLE: Truths about the 10 Commandments (Part 2)
TEXT: Romans 3:19-21
PROPOSITION: God has rules and expects us to obey.
QUESTION: What?
KEY WORD: Truths
SCRIPTURE READING: Same

INTRODUCTION:

1. Christianity’s roots are in the law of Moses and 10 Commandments

2. 10 Commandments – social and moral restraints

3. There is much we can learn from them.

Biblical Titles

1. Ten Commandments – Exodus 34:28

2. Words of Covenant – Exodus 34:28

3. Testimony – Exodus 16:34

4. Tablets – Exodus 34:28

5. Two Tablets (Tables) – Deuteronomy 9:11

First Delivered Orally

1. Exodus 19:25

2. Written form – Exodus 24:12

3. Second set – Exodus 34:1

Kept in Ark of Covenant

1. Deuteronomy 10:5

2. Deuteronomy 31:26

Two Divisions

1. First – 4 – Man’s relationship to God

2. Second – 6 – Man’s relationship to man

3. Summary – 10 Commandments ask for 2 things:

   1. Reverence for God

   2. Respect for man

Why they were given

1. Galatians 3:19 – Because of sin

2. Romans 7:7 – Made us aware of sin

3. Romans 3:20 – Knowledge of sin

Nine of 10 Commandments repeated in New Testament

1. No time to show all of these today

2. Christ’s law is superior to the 10 Commandments

   1. Replaced them

   2. Expanded, deepened

Conclusion:

1. John 8:32 – Know the truth

2. John 17:17 – Word of God is truth

3. Romans 2:2 – Judgment of God according to truth