Obey

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My conviction - I should obey God’s commandments not just because I am the youth leader, but because I love God.

1. Obedience is part of a cycle - Deuteronomy 5 and 6
The ten commandments are more than just a nice, moral teaching for Sunday School, or a good idea for a bookmark to buy at a Christian book store.

Breakdown: God who knows all lays down a Commandment for our benefit > We choose whether to obey it > We verb the obey (do or do not) > Consequence.

• God who knows all - Outside of time, outside of hindsight, above situations, always seeing the bigger picture


• We choose - Obedience is an act of submission - an act of saying “OK, you know better.”


• Verb it - Obedience mobilises the bigger strategy


• Consequence - Award or the disaster, the award ceremony or the shipwreck.

2. The Commandments can’t be made smaller, but they unpack larger - Matthew 5:21-22, 27-28

Jesus bought the “moral” commandments back to being “heart attitudes”

Out of anger comes violence, wars, murders...
Out of adultery comes unwanted children, comes broken homes, separated families...

Jesus is saying here, “You are so careful to not murder, to be seen breaking this law with your flesh, but I say what is your heart doing? What is the secret place up to? Cause this is where it all starts.”

3. Today’s offer on the table with grace for dessert - Romans 6, 7 and 8
In these chapters, Paul beautifully collides the Law of Moses with the Grace of God and shows us what’s on the table for today.

It’s important to realise that the 10 Commandments are not irrelevant today. Jesus stating he did not come to abolish the law - Matthew 5:17-20