Christ and His Law. The Law and Love. Laws in Christ's Day

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CHRIST and HIS LAW

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Quarter 2, 2014

The Law and Love

by Keith Augustus Burton

From the very beginning of the great controversy in heaven it has been Satan's purpose to overthrow the law of God."-Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, p. 582.

Why? Because the law, as the foundation of God's government, expresses the moral integrity of the cosmos; and to overthrow that law would be to overthrow the moral order of the creation itself.
Think about it. If no god existed, and no life either, the universe would be amoral. Not immoral, as in having bad morals, but amoral, as in having no morals, because nothing in it-such as lifeless rocks hurling through a godless cosmos-could manifest moral qualities.
However, God exists, and humans do as well, and we have been created as moral beings with the capacity to give and to receive love. For this love to exist, however, freedom, moral freedom, must exist too, because love is a moral concept that couldn't arise in an amoral universe (such as one composed of only rocks and cold space).
Morality, though, means the ability to choose right or wrong, good or evil-and the only way for the universe to be moral, to allow the potential for good or evil, for right or wrong, would be for it to have a law that defines right or wrong.
And, of course, it does have such a law.
What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, Do not covet. (Rom. 7:7, NIV).
Is it sinful to have red hair? Why not? Because God's law doesn't forbid red hair. If it did, as the law forbids covetousness, then having red hair would be sin. But it cannot be sin if no divine law defines it as such.
Morality without law is as impossible as is thought without mind. Our universe is moral because God created free beings answerable to His law. If there were no law against coveting, there would be no sin of covetousness; if there were no law against red hair, there would be no sin of red headedness-no matter how many red-haired coveters populated the cosmos.
God created humans as creatures who can love. Love, though, can't exist without freedom, moral freedom. And moral freedom can't exist without law, moral law. Love rests on freedom, and freedom rests on law. Hence, the core of God's government, the foundation of that government-a government of love-has to be His law. That's why Ellen G. White wrote what she did about Satan's desire to overthrow the law of God. The attack on the law is an attack not just on Christ's character but on the moral order of the creation itself.
Hence, the topic for our quarter: Christ and His law. We will study the law, especially the question of why so many Christians-misunderstanding the relationship between law and grace-have fallen into the trap of denying the continued validity of the Ten Commandments, thus, unwittingly helping the attempt to overthrow God's law.
The Bible, though, is clear: For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments (1 John 5:3, NKJV). The link between our loving God and the keeping of His commandments is stronger than we realize. We can love God because we live in a universe where love can exist, and it can exist because the universe is moral. That morality is based, at least for us as created beings, on God's moral law-the subject we will now explore.

Keith Augustus Burton is a professor of religion at Oakwood University where he also serves as the coordinator of the Center for Adventist-Muslim Relations. His doctoral dissertation from Northwestern University focused on the role of the law in Paul's letter to the Romans.

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Lesson 1 *March 29-April 4

Laws in Christ's Day

Sabbath Afternoon

Read for This Week's Study: Luke 2:1-5, Heb. 10:28, Deut. 17:2-6, Lev. 1:1-9, Luke 14:1-6, James 2:8-12.

Memory Text: For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves (Romans 2:14, NASB).

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Christ and His Law

         
          Christ, Laws and Tradition

#	Title	Refs	Mobi
1	Laws in Christ’s Day • March 29 – April 4
2	Christ and the Law of Moses • April 5 – 11
3	Christ and Religious Tradition • April 12 – 18
4	Christ, Law and Love Christ and the Law in the Sermon on the Mount • April 19 – 25
5	Christ and the Sabbath • April 26 – May 2
6	Christ’s Death and the Law • May 3 – 9
7	Christ is the Law of Faith: Grace and Power to be Holy Christ, the End of the Law • May 10 – 16
8	Christ, the Power of Love that transcends and renews the Law The Law of God and the Law of Christ • May 17 – 23
9	Christ, the Law and the Gospel • May 24 – 30
10	Christ, the Law and the Covenants • May 31 – June 6
11	Christ, the Love that accomplishes the Law The Apostles and the Law • June 17 – 13
12	Christ’s Church and the Law • June 14 – 20
13	Christ’s Kingdom and the Law • June 21 – 27

DISCIPLE


Discipline to Follow the Master

1	Disciples and Scripture • Dec 28 – Jan 3
2	Discipling Through Metaphor • January 4 – 10
3	Discipleship and Prayer • January 11 – 17
Simple Faith and Dependence on the Master 4	Discipling Children • January 18 – 24
5	Discipling the Sick • January 25 – 31
6	Discipling the Ordinary • February 1 – 7
A Great Master For All those Who Have Great Needs 7	Jesus and the Social Outcasts • February 8 – 14
Good News from the Master For All 8	With the Rich and Famous • February 15 – 21
9	Discipling the Powerful • February 22 – 28
10	Discipling the Nations • March 1 – 7
The Master and Ministry 11	Discipling Spiritual Leaders • March 8 – 14
12	The Harvest and Harvesters • March 15 – 21
13	The Cost of Discipleship • March 22 – 28

Lest we forget!


The Sanctuary

Purpose of the Sanctuary: Salvation1 The Heavenly Sanctuary •
2 “Heaven” on Earth •
3 Sacrifices •The Works of the Sanctuary4 Lessons From the Sanctuary •
5 Atonement: Purification Offering •
6 The Day of Atonement •The Central Personality of the Sanctuary7 Christ, Our Sacrifice •The Ministry of Jesus-Christ in the Sanctuary8 Christ, Our Priest •
9 The Pre-Advent Judgment •
10 The Eschatological Day of Atonement •The Perspective of the Sanctuary and Historical Denouement

11 Our Prophetic Message •
12 The Cosmic Conflict Over God’s Character •
13 Exhortations From the Sanctuary •




Revival and Reformation: Lest we forget!Sources of Revival

1 Revival: Our Great Need •  Revelation 3:20
2 Prayer: The Heartbeat of Revival •  Matthew 7:11
3 The Word: The Foundation of Revival •  Psalm 119:154 

Fruits of Revival

4 Witness and Service: The Fruit of Revival •  Acts 1:8
5 Obedience: The Fruit of Revival •  2 Corinthians 10:4-5 
6 Confession and Repentance: The Conditions of Revival •  Proverbs 28:13   


UNITY

7 Unity: The Bond of Revival •  Ephesians 4:1-3  


Keeping the Revival Going

8 Discernment: The Safeguard of  Revival •  Psalm 119:159-160
9 Reformation: The Outgrowth of Revival l •  Hebrews 2:11
10 Reformation: The Willingness to Grow and Change   James 4:6


The Miracle of Revival

11 Reformation: Thinking New Thoughts •  Colossians 3:1-2
12 Reformation: Healing Broken Relationships •  Romans 5:10
13 The Promised Revival: God’s Mission Completed  James 5:7-8