The Wonder of The Cross:The Perfect Death

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Men’s Bible Study, Tuesday Sept 5, 2005

Greg E. Viehman

Overview/ReviewOverview/Review• I. What the Lord Has Done (Love & Faithfulness/Provision) (Ch1-3)• Chapter 1: Total Rebellion: The fruit of unbelief: fear and pride• Chapter 2: Total Wandering: The wages of unbelief: death and

wandering in the desert/no rest• Chapter 3: Total Faith: The fruit of faith: victory producing hope

• II. What the Lord Warns & Expects (Truth & Commands) (Ch4-5)• Chapters 4: Total Avoidance: Trinity to Avoid: Legalism, lawlessness,

Idolatry• Chapter 5: Total Obedience: Covenant: 10 Commandments

• 1. What God has done for you• 2. What God is like and His nature (patient, merciful, loving, faithful, providing)• 3. What God warns about: idols, legalism, lawlessness• 4. What God commands and expects from His people: 10 commandments

Chapter 6Chapter 6 (Inward) Chapter 7 Chapter 7 (Outward)

Total Dedication Total Dedication (heart to love God)

Total Eradication/SanctificationTotal Eradication/Sanctification (lives, land, etc)Set apart, cleansed, separated

Personal HolinessPersonal Holiness & Its Fruit National HolinessNational Holiness & Its Fruit

Heart right with God 1st Clean up your life 2ndKeywords: faith, love, fear,

worship, heart, remember Destroy, Conquer

Same Surrender, obedience, inward work as in NT.

NT: Life in the Spirit with victory over flesh, sin, legalism, idols etc. Total eradication of flesh.

Rom 12:2John 13,14,15Luke 22:42

Romans 6,7,8Galatians 5:16-26; 1 Peter 1 & 2Eph 4-6 & Col 3 (The New Man)

"Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the LORD your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,2 that you may fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandmentscommandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

"Now this is the commandmentcommandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the LORD your God has commandedcommanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,2 that you may fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandmentscommandments which I commandcommand you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

3 Therefore hearhear, O Israel, and be careful to observe itobserve it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you -- 'a land flowing with milk and honey.'

Biblical Faith = God speaks – You Hear – You ObeyBiblical Faith = God speaks – You Hear – You Obey

4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD LORD our GodGod, the LORDLORD is one!

Genesis 2:24Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wifejoined to his wife, and they shall become oneone flesh. NKJV

Exodus 26:6And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couplecouple the curtains togethertogether with the clasps, so that it may be oneone tabernacle. NKJV

5 You shall lovelove the LORD your God with all your heartheart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

The Great Commandment

8 Lessons of the Great Commandment

• 1. Love for God Defined: Agape Love for God = walking in faith = obedience

• 2. Total Dedication Spiritual & Physical• 3. Relationship Not Religion• 4. Fruit of Love for God Revealed:

Love for God Produces Love for Neighbor• 5. Neighbor Defined = anyone in need• 6. Love Fulfills The Law• 7. The Perfect Death Sentence• 8. The Wonder of the Cross Revealed

Matthew 22:34-40Matthew 22:34-40But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall lovelove the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'38 This is the first and great commandment.39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

1.1. Love for God Defined: Love for God Defined:

Agape Love for God = walking in faith = obedience

Agape Love for God = unselfish, unconditional, God centered obedience to His will and Word while giving yourself to Him from a grateful and reverent heart.

Matthew 22:34-40Matthew 22:34-40But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall lovelove the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mindyour mind.'38 This is the first and great commandment.39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

2. Total Dedication Spiritual & Physical2. Total Dedication Spiritual & Physical

Mark 12:32-33Mark 12:32-33So the scribe said to Him, "Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He.33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrificeswhole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

3.3. Relationship Not ReligionRelationship Not Religion

Matthew 22:34-40Matthew 22:34-40But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'38 This is the first and great commandment.39 And the second is like it: And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

4. 4. Fruit of Love for God Revealed: Fruit of Love for God Revealed: Love for God Produces Love for NeighborLove for God Produces Love for Neighbor

Agape Love for One Another = unselfish, unconditional giving of yourself to others empowered by the Holy Spirit (die so others might have life like Jesus did for us)

Luke 10:25-37: Luke 10:25-37: The Good SamaritanThe Good SamaritanAnd behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying,"Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?"

27 So he answered and said,"'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and 'your neighbor as yourself.'"28 And He said to him, "You have answered rightly; do this and you will live."29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighborwho is my neighbor?"?"

5. 5. Neighbor Defined Neighbor Defined = anyone in need= anyone in need

Matthew 22:34-40Matthew 22:34-40But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'38 This is the first and great commandment.39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'40 On these two On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophetscommandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

6. Love Fulfills The Law6. Love Fulfills The Law

Matthew 22:34-40Matthew 22:34-40But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.35 Then one of them, a lawyera lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'38 This is the first and great commandment.39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'40 On these two commandments hang all the Lawthe Law and the Prophetsand the Prophets."

Luke 10:25-28Luke 10:25-28And behold, a certain lawyerlawyer stood up and tested Him, saying,"Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?"27 So he answered and said,"'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and 'your neighbor as yourself.'"28 And He said to him, "You have answered rightly; do this and you will do this and you will livelive."

7. The Perfect Death Sentence7. The Perfect Death Sentence

1.LOVE

GOD

Deut 6:5Deut 6:5

Lev 19:18Lev 19:182. Love Neighbor2. 2. Rom 5:8Rom 5:8

1. 1. Luke 22:42Luke 22:42

I. Exemplified Great 2 I. Exemplified Great 2 CommandmentsCommandments

II. FulfilledII. Fulfilled

A.A. LawLaw

B.B. ProphetsProphets

III. FulfillsIII. Fulfills

1. v7 'You shall have noshall have no other gods before Me.2. v8 'You shall notshall not make for yourself a carved

image – you shall notshall not bow down to them nor serve them.

3. v11'You shall notshall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain,

4. v12'Observe the Sabbath day, you shall do noshall do no work:

6. v17'You shall notshall not murder.7. v18'You shall notshall not commit adultery.8. v19'You shall notshall not steal.9. v20'You shall notshall not bear false witness against your

neighbor.10. v21'You shall notshall not covet

Deuteronomy 6:6-9"And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

Deuteronomy 6:6-9"And these words which I command you today shall be in your heartheart.7 You shall teach themteach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of themtalk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.8 You shall bind thembind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.9 You shall write themwrite them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

SummarySummary

• Chapter 6: Total Chapter 6: Total DedicationDedication

• Chapter 7: Total Chapter 7: Total Eradication/SanctificationEradication/Sanctification

• The Trinity in the ShemaThe Trinity in the Shema

• 8 Lessons of The Great Commandment8 Lessons of The Great Commandment

• Fulfilling the Law in the SpiritFulfilling the Law in the Spirit

• Inward Change to Outward ChangeInward Change to Outward Change