The House You're Building

  Introduction This week we will encounter another familiar section of Exodus, the 10 commandments.  Many people, including those who aren’t religious, are familiar with these commandments.  For example, most would agree that theft and murder are wrong.  Yet beyond these 10 moral statements, we will read about more detailed and specific laws.  At first glance, many may seem to not apply to God followers today.     This brings the reader to consider what commands and covenants are good for?  Let’s consider God’s words from chapter 19 to set up our study today.  In a summary statement in verses 5-6 set the tone for all that is to follow.     Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for the earth is mine,  and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Exodus 19:5-6    A theme ...

    [11] Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—[12] remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. [13] But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. [14] For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility [15] by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, [16] and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. [17] And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. [18] For through him we both have access in one Spirit...