THE GOAL OF COMMANDMENTS
GOAL OF COMMANDMENTS
heart for god1 TIMOTHY 1:5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Exodus 20:3-17)
First
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
First - 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[c] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
Second - 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
We can see clearly the goal of the Commandments of the Lord, that is love. The whole Ten Commandments is about love, God wholeheartedly and also love your neighbor.
This is something that is impossible with any human without Christ, because we incapable of doing such, as it mentioned in the Bible that we are.
We are sinners
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
Romans 3:23 All have sin and come short of the glory of God
Rich Young Ruler (Mark 10:17-27)
17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Jesus is not against rich people He is against gaining or getting wealth, He wants us to know that man cannot do anything to inherit the Kingdom of God or fulfill all the requirements of the Law.
P:S How am I able to do that?
T:S There are few thoughts that is contain is our text that I would like to show you today.
HAVING A PURE HEART (A)
When you have a pure heart it is possible for you fulfill the law of God, because a pure heart is free of
Matt 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Man’s heart is incapable of having a pure heart, because it is corrupt and its beyond cure
Christ came to save us by making our hearts right (Matthew 5:17-21-30)
Jesus said in regards to the fulfillment of the law.
19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
Illustration – Jesus became the sacrifice for our sins, and He gave us His own heart, to replace our own heart failure.
HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE (B)
Romans 2:15
They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
Illustration
Hebrews 9:14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
Application
When our conscience has been cleansed then we have the freedom to do what is right in the sight of God Almighty.
SINCERE FAITH (C)
When you are true to what you profess, stay true to what you believe in, unwavering, stay the course, unswerving, consistent.
Illustration
It’s a concern for us people of God to see people are unstable in their faith, shallow in their knowledge of Christ, jumping around thinking that they will get something on the way.
They are strange to the fellowship of the believers, unwilling to committed to do anything for Christ.
CONCLUSION
It is possible for us to love Lord with all our hearts, might, mind and soul and also loving our neighbors they way God expected of us. We trust in the work of Christ, as the Holy Spirit will the work of Christ in our lives. This what the Spirit of God will produce in our lives as we continue to serve Him. The nature and power of Christ fully displayed in our lives, that is what pleases God the most to see that everything He intended to happen to you is done.
heart for god1 TIMOTHY 1:5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Exodus 20:3-17)
First
- You shall have no other gods before Me.
- You shall not make idols.
- You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
- Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Honor your father and your mother.
- You shall not murder.
- You shall not commit adultery.
- You shall not steal.
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- You shall not covet.
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
First - 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[c] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
Second - 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
We can see clearly the goal of the Commandments of the Lord, that is love. The whole Ten Commandments is about love, God wholeheartedly and also love your neighbor.
This is something that is impossible with any human without Christ, because we incapable of doing such, as it mentioned in the Bible that we are.
We are sinners
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
Romans 3:23 All have sin and come short of the glory of God
Rich Young Ruler (Mark 10:17-27)
17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- The Lord Jesus He gave him the second commandments which is
- No one is good but God alone (Jesus is God)
- You shall not murder,
- You shall not commit adultery,
- You shall not steal,
- You shall not give false testimony,
- You shall not defraud,
- honor your father and mother.
- Rich young Ruler thought he has done enough by thought that he has done enough
- (vs20) I have kept these since I was a boy
- I have done them
- But Jesus said to him (vs21) - 21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
- Young Ruler’s reaction (vs22)
- Man’s face fell
- He went away sad
- Jesus answer for that Reaction
- Hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God Jesus said (vs23-24)
- Trust in the wealth
- Wealth before anything else
- Love is placed somewhere else (1 Timothy 6:10 Love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.
- Disciples Response (vs26) Who can be saved?
- Jesus answered (vs27) What is impossible with man is possible with God.
- Young Ruler’s reaction (vs22)
Jesus is not against rich people He is against gaining or getting wealth, He wants us to know that man cannot do anything to inherit the Kingdom of God or fulfill all the requirements of the Law.
P:S How am I able to do that?
T:S There are few thoughts that is contain is our text that I would like to show you today.
HAVING A PURE HEART (A)
When you have a pure heart it is possible for you fulfill the law of God, because a pure heart is free of
- Guilt – No condemnation of sin
- Fear – Freedom of expression
- Hate – Willing to forgive
- Envy – Not against anyone
- Lust – After things that you covert
Matt 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Man’s heart is incapable of having a pure heart, because it is corrupt and its beyond cure
Christ came to save us by making our hearts right (Matthew 5:17-21-30)
Jesus said in regards to the fulfillment of the law.
19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
- Test of the Heart (Matt 5:21-30)
- Thou shall not commit murder – Jesus said but I tell you if you even angry with your brother you are guilty of being murderer
- Thou shall not commit Adultery – Jesus said but if you look at a woman and lust after her, you already committed in your heart.
- Thou shall not commit murder – Jesus said but I tell you if you even angry with your brother you are guilty of being murderer
Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
Illustration – Jesus became the sacrifice for our sins, and He gave us His own heart, to replace our own heart failure.
HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE (B)
Romans 2:15
They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
- Good conscience comes from a pure heart – Your conscience affected by what we put in our hearts
- If our heart is not in a good state so as our conscience
- Your conscience draws from the heart
Illustration
Hebrews 9:14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
Application
When our conscience has been cleansed then we have the freedom to do what is right in the sight of God Almighty.
SINCERE FAITH (C)
When you are true to what you profess, stay true to what you believe in, unwavering, stay the course, unswerving, consistent.
- Noah – was known of this, building the Ark for more than 100 years and never give up or change in the way he sought to fulfilled his calling.
- Abraham – During his time in the promised land, he faced some big challenges, famine, war and being treated as a foreigner, but he stayed to fulfill his calling.
- Paul – (2 Corinthians 11)
- He never give up on the calling of God in his life, 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
- 2 Timothy 1:12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.
Illustration
It’s a concern for us people of God to see people are unstable in their faith, shallow in their knowledge of Christ, jumping around thinking that they will get something on the way.
They are strange to the fellowship of the believers, unwilling to committed to do anything for Christ.
CONCLUSION
It is possible for us to love Lord with all our hearts, might, mind and soul and also loving our neighbors they way God expected of us. We trust in the work of Christ, as the Holy Spirit will the work of Christ in our lives. This what the Spirit of God will produce in our lives as we continue to serve Him. The nature and power of Christ fully displayed in our lives, that is what pleases God the most to see that everything He intended to happen to you is done.