1. Welcome to Bible Study
April 18, 2013

2. Our Question
 Which part of the Old Testament should be kept, or is it
history?

3. What is the ―Law‖?
 The first 5 books of the Bible are considered ―The Law‖
 Torah
 Genesis
 Exodus
 Leviticus
 Numbers
 Deuteronomy

4. Genesis
 Genesis 1-2, In the Garden
 Gen 2:15-17: One Rule: The Lord God took the man and
put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of
it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, ―You are
free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must
not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
for when you eat from it you will certainly die.‖

5. Genesis
 2 Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel.
 When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the
ground. 3 When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops
as a gift to the Lord. 4 Abel also brought a gift—the best of the firstborn lambs
from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift, 5 but he did not accept
Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.
 6 ―Why are you so angry?‖ the Lord asked Cain. ―Why do you look so
dejected? 7 You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do
what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control
you. But you must subdue it and be its master.‖ Gen 4:2-7

6. Genesis
 Noah and the flood (Gen 6-9)
 Tower of Babel (Gen 11)
 Enter Abram (Gen 12)
 God promised that Abram would have many descendants
 God told Abram to leave for a new land (Canaan)
 Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, ―Look up
into the sky and count the stars if you can. That‘s how many
descendants you will have!‖

7. Genesis
 Birth of Ishmael (Gen 16)
 Mother was Sarai‘s Servant Girl
 Abram was 86
 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared
to him and said, ―I am El-Shaddai—‗God Almighty.‘ Serve
me faithfully and live a blameless life. 2 I will make a
covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you
countless descendants.‖ (Gen 17:1-2)

8. Genesis
 3 At this, Abram fell face down on the ground. Then God said to him, 4 ―This is
my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations!
5 What‘s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead,
you will be called Abraham,[a] for you will be the father of many nations. 6 I
will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations,
and kings will be among them!
 7 ―I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants[b] after you, from
generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be
your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give the
entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your
descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.‖ (Gen
17)

9. Genesis
 9 Then God said to Abraham, ―Your responsibility is to obey the terms
of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual
responsibility. 10 This is the covenant that you and your descendants
must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised. 11 You must
cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me
and you. 12 From generation to generation, every male child must be
circumcised on the eighth day after his birth. This applies not only to
members of your family but also to the servants born in your
household and the foreign-born servants whom you have purchased.
13 All must be circumcised. Your bodies will bear the mark of my
everlasting covenant. 14 Any male who fails to be circumcised will be
cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant.‖ (Gen 17)

10. Genesis
 Birth of Isaac (Gen 21)
 Abraham 100
 Sarah 91
 Wife for Isaac (Gen 24)
 Birth of Esau & Jacob (Gen 25)
 Jacob marries Leah & Rachel (Gen 29)
 Jacob returns home (Gen 32)
 Renamed Israel

11. Genesis
 Joseph‘s Dreams & Sold
 Famine, Joseph‘s brothers go to Egypt (Gen 42)
 Jacob dies (Gen 49)
 Joseph dies (Gen 50)

12. Exodus
 Exodus: Hebrews are slaves. The pharaoh from
Joseph‘s time had died and the new pharaoh made the
Hebrews slaves.
 Enter Moses
 First Passover (Exodus 12)
 Orders from God to celebrate every year to remind the
people that God brought them out of Egypt.

13. Exodus
 Exodus 13: Dedicate all first born sons to God, to remember God‘s
mighty power
 Exodus 20: The 10 Commandments
 Follows with many, many instructions
 ―God‘s law system had three parts. The Ten Commandments were
the first part, containing the absolutes of spiritual and moral life. The
civil law was the second part, giving the people rules to manage their
lives. The ceremonial law was the third part, showing them patterns
for building the tabernacle and for regular worship.‖ – Life Application
Study Bible.

14. Leviticus
 A handbook for the priests and Levites outlining their duties
in worship, and a guidebook of holy living for the Hebrews.
 Laws to honor God with their lives.
 Celebration laws for remembering what God had done
 Guidelines for sacrifice

15. Numbers
 Preparing to enter the Promise Land
 Israelites complained too much, didn‘t trust God
 Resulted in wandering in the wilderness for 40 years

16. Deuteronomy
 Review of the Law
 To remind and encourage the people
 Rededicate their lives to God

17. Jesus & The 10 Commandments
The Ten Commandments Jesus said…
Ex 20:3: Do not worship any other Gods besides
me.
Matt 4:10: You must worship the Lord your God;
serve only him.
Ex 20:4: Do not make idols of any kind Luke 16:13: No on can have two masters.
Ex 20:7: Do not misuse the name of the Lord
your God.
Matt 5:34: But I say, don‘t make any vows! …
Ex 20:8: Remember to observe the Sabbath day
by keeping it holy.
Mark 2:27,28: The Sabbath was made to benefit
people and not people to benefit the Sabbath.
And I, the Son of Man, am master even of the
Sabbath!
Ex 20:12: Honor your father and mother. Mat 10:37: If you love your father or mother
more than you love me, you are not worthy of
being mine.
(Life Application Study Bible)

18. Jesus & The 10 Commandments
The Ten Commandments Jesus said…
Ex 20:13: Do not murder. Matt 5:22: If you are angry with someone, you are
subject to judgment.
Ex 20:14: Do not commit adultery. Matt 5:28: Anyone who even looks at a woman with lust
in his eye has already committed adultery with her in
his heart.
Ex 20:15: Do not steal Matt 5:40: If you are ordered to court and our shirt is
taken from you, give your coat too.
Ex 20:16: Do not testify falsely against
your neighbor.
Matt 12:36: You must give an account on judgment day
of every idle word you speak.
Ex 20:17: Do not covet. Luke 12:15: Don‘t be greedy for what you don‘t have.
(Life Application Study Bible)

19. Offerings
Offering Purpose Significance Christ, the perfect
offering
Burnt Offering – Lev 1-
voluntary
To make payment for
sins in general
Showed a person‘s
devotion to God.
Acknowledged that all
we have belongs to
God
Christ‘s death was the
perfect offering
Christ was the perfect
man, who gave all of
himself to God and
others
Peace Offering
Lev 3 – voluntary
To express gratitude to
God
Symbolize peace and
fellowship with God
Christ is the only way
to fellowship with God
(Life Application Study Bible)

20. Offerings
Offering Purpose Significance Christ, the perfect
offering
Sin Offering
Lev 4 – required
To make payment for
unintentional sins of
uncleanness, neglect, or
thoughtlessness
Restored the sinner
to fellowship with
God; showed
seriousness of sin
Christ‘s death restores
our fellowship with
God.
Guilt Offering
Lev 5 – required
To make payment for
sins against God and
others. A sacrifice was
made to God, and the
injured person was
repaid or compensated.
Provided
compensation for
injured parties
Christ‘s death takes
away the deadly
consequences of sin.
(Life Application Study Bible)

21. Hebrews 10
11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,
which can never take away sins. 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at
the right hand of God, 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14 For by one
sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
16 ―This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their
hearts, and I will write them on their minds.‖[a]
17 Then he adds:
―Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.‖[b]
18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

22. John 15
 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have
loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay
down one‘s life for one‘s friends. 14 You are my friends
if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you
servants, because a servant does not know his
master‘s business. Instead, I have called you friends,
for everything that I learned from my Father I have
made known to you.

23. Matthew 5
 17 ―Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I
have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell
you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the
least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until
everything is accomplished. 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. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses
that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not
enter the kingdom of heaven.

24. John 1
 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and
truth came through Jesus Christ.

25. Ceremonial Law
 Related specifically to Israel‘s worship (Lev 1,2,3). It‘s
primary purpose was to point forward to Jesus Christ;
these laws, therefore, were not longer necessary after
Jesus‘ death and resurrection. While we are no longer
bound by ceremonial law, the principles behind them –
to worship and love a holy God – still apply. Jesus was
accused by the Pharisees of violating ceremonial law.
(Life Application Study Bible)

26. Civil Law
 Applied to the daily living in Israel (Deu 24:10,11).
Because modern society and culture are so radically
different from that time and setting, all of these
guidelines cannot be followed specifically. But the
principles behind the commands are timeless and
should guide our conduct. Jesus demonstrated these
principles by example. (Life Application Study Bible)

27. Moral Law
 Is the direct command from God (10 commandments),
and requires strict obedience. The moral law reveals
the nature and will of God, and it still applies today.
Jesus obeyed the moral law completely. (Life
Application Study Bible)

28. Colossians 2
 11 When you came to Christ, you were ―circumcised,‖ but not by a
physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the
cutting away of your sinful nature.[c] 12 For you were buried with
Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new
life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ
from the dead.13 You were dead because of your sins and because
your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive
with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14 He canceled the record of
the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.
15 In this way, he disarmed[d] the spiritual rulers and authorities. He
shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.

29. Colossians 2
 16 So don‘t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or
drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon
ceremonies or Sabbaths. 17 For these rules are only
shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that
reality. 18 Don‘t let anyone condemn you by insisting on
pious self-denial or the worship of angels,[e] saying they
have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have
made them proud, 19 and they are not connected to Christ,
the head of the body. For he holds the whole body together
with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes
it.

30. Colossians 2
 20 You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from
the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on
following the rules of the world, such as, 21 ―Don‘t handle!
Don‘t taste! Don‘t touch!‖? 22 Such rules are mere human
teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.
23 These rules may seem wise because they require strong
devotion, pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline. But
they provide no help in conquering a person‘s evil desires.

31. Acts 15
 1 While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some
men from Judea arrived and began to teach the
believers[a]: ―Unless you are circumcised as required by the
law of Moses, you cannot be saved.‖ 2 Paul and Barnabas
disagreed with them, arguing vehemently.
 5 But then some of the believers who belonged to the sect
of the Pharisees stood up and insisted, ―The Gentile
converts must be circumcised and required to follow the law
of Moses.‖

32. Acts 15
 6 So the apostles and elders met together to resolve this issue. 7 At the meeting, after a
long discussion, Peter stood and addressed them as follows: ―Brothers, you all know that
God chose me from among you some time ago to preach to the Gentiles so that they
could hear the Good News and believe. 8 God knows people‘s hearts, and he confirmed
that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us. 9 He made no
distinction between us and them, for he cleansed their hearts through faith. 10 So why are
you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers[b] with a yoke that neither
we nor our ancestors were able to bear? 11 We believe that we are all saved the same
way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.‖

33. Acts 15
 19 ―And so my judgment is that we should not make it
difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
20 Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain
from eating food offered to idols, from sexual
immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals,
and from consuming blood. 21 For these laws of Moses
have been preached in Jewish synagogues in every
city on every Sabbath for many generations.‖

34. Acts 15
 28 ―For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to
lay no greater burden on you than these few
requirements: 29 You must abstain from eating food
offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of
strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. If you
do this, you will do well. Farewell.‖

35. Acts 18
 18 Paul stayed in Corinth for some time after that, then
said good-bye to the brothers and sisters[d] and went
to nearby Cenchrea. There he shaved his head
according to Jewish custom, marking the end of a vow.

36. Numbers 6
 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 ―Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
 ―If any of the people, either men or women, take the special vow of a Nazirite, setting
themselves apart to the Lord in a special way, 3 they must give up wine and other
alcoholic drinks. They must not use vinegar made from wine or from other alcoholic
drinks, they must not drink fresh grape juice, and they must not eat grapes or raisins.
4 As long as they are bound by their Nazirite vow, they are not allowed to eat or drink
anything that comes from a grapevine—not even the grape seeds or skins.
 5 ―They must never cut their hair throughout the time of their vow, for they are holy and
set apart to the Lord. Until the time of their vow has been fulfilled, they must let their hair
grow long. 6 And they must not go near a dead body during the entire period of their vow
to the Lord. 7 Even if the dead person is their own father, mother, brother, or sister, they
must not defile themselves, for the hair on their head is the symbol of their separation to
God. 8 This requirement applies as long as they are set apart to the Lord.

37. Conclusion
 Jeremiah 31:33 ―But this is the new covenant I will
make with the people of Israel on that day,‖ says the
Lord. ―I will put my instructions deep within them, and I
will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and
they will be my people.

38. Conclusion
 Yes, the Old Testament is history. It is old covenant,
and a lot of the rules do not apply today, but we can still
find wisdom to apply to our lives today.

39. Questions?