Ep 940 – Deuteronomy 5:1-15

In Deuteronomy 5:1-15, we find Moses reciting the Ten Commandments to the next generation of Israelites who were preparing to enter the land of promise. He had personally received this divine code of conduct from God Almighty on the top of Mount Sinai, and he knew how important it was that the people of Israel take these commands seriously. Any success they hoped to have in their conquest of the land of Canaan was directly tied to their willingness to remain obedient to God's laws. Obedience would bring blessing. Disobedience would result in curses. But what about us? As believers living on this side of the cross, what is our relationship to the law? Have we been absolved from having to keep it? Or has our relationship with Christ simply changed the nature of our relationship to it?